The Study of Ergonomics

What is ergonomics and why is it important?

Ergonomics in the Workplace - Do They Work?

Ergonomic programs and products are intended to prevent the onset of carpal tunnel syndrome and the other many repetitive strain injuries that effect millions of workers each year.

The Importance of Ergonomics in Your Home Office

Just because you're working from home doesn't mean that you can just forget about ergonomics - it could mean your health!

Poor Ergonomics Hurts Your Company's Bottom Line

Does your workplace get in the way of the work you do? Do you have a lot of workmen's compensation claims, absences, workplace-related complaints, or lowered productivity? It's possible that you may have an ergonomics related issue. Here's some help to start solving these problems.

Stretching - Ergonomics And Office Chairs And How They Affect Your Health

Even with a well-designed workstation, when working long hours in your office chair, problems may arise. When problems arise, attention has to be paid to the work at hand and how it is performed daily if the person plans to continue working these long hours. When working long hours in front of a computer or at a particular workstation, you tend to hold the same posture for hours without much movement at all of certain muscles and over-stimulation of others. This leads to nothing but muscle pain and strain.

Office Chairs and Vital Posture to Remember When Working for Body Health

Proper posture is vital both at work and at home. Ergonomic posture is a valuable part in preventing or managing back pain during any activity. Bad posture while sitting in an office chair, driving, or standing for long periods of time can lead to back pain. When standing it is important to maintain the natural curve of the spine in order to achieve good posture and when seated in your office chair, it is important to keep the correct spine position for body health.

What You Need To Know To Work Effectively In The 21st Century

Ergonomics is a science within itself. Most individuals are not even aware that it exists. It will help you to reduce or eliminate preventable muscloskeletal injuries when implemented correctly.

Matrex Ergonomic Office Chairs, Wow is my Back Pain Gone Already?

Well today, I opened the box for my new office chair. Having worked in the office industry for a number of years and knowing how much affect your office chair can have on your back, I should have opened it last week when it arrived. But, work as always keeps me busy with little time left over for ergonomics, office chairs, leather, headrests, mechanisms and the like.

Can Tai Chi Ergo Chair Really Help To Improve Your Health

Wouldn't it be cool if you could practice the forms of Tai Chi while sitting down at your office? Well, the Tai Chi Ergo Chair does exactly that. This chair, designed by June Ekman, a dancer and choreographer, and a certified teach of yoga, tai chi and the Alexander Technique, and Larry Wilson, an ergonomicist inspired by Buckmister Fuller, looks like an office chair base attached to a large vinyl ball replacing the seat cushion.

The Power of Eating Disorders

The Power of Eating Disorders are very real.

Children of Gastric Bypass Patients at Risk for Eating Disorders

Perhaps an unexpected challenge parents who have undergone gastric bypass face is seeing a child develop an eating disorder that may be exacerbated by the parent's dieting habits. Children of chronic dieters are at risk of eating disorders.

Eating Disorders And The Use Of Yoga In Prevention And Treatment

In the US, it has been estimated that there are 10 million women, plus 1 million men, suffering from different forms of eating disorders. Most commonly these conditions occur in teenage girls, in the form of either anorexia or bulimia. I wonder how many of those know that yoga can be a great aid to dealing with those conditions.

Pathological Eating Disorders and Poly-Behavioral Addiction

According to the World Health Organization (June, 2005), “obesity has reached epidemic proportions globally, with more than 1 billion adults overweight - at least 300 million of them clinically obese - and is a major contributor to the global burden of chronic disease and disability. This article purports that the poor prognosis in treating patients with obesity may possibly be due to not diagnosing and treating thier other poly-behavioral addictions simultaneously. This systematic underdiagnostic standard in the field of addictions could be due to a lack of diagnostic tools and resources that are presently incapable of resolving the complexity of assessing and treating a patient with multiple behavioral and substance abuse addictions. The Addictions Recovery Measurement System (ARMS) is proposed as a first step in fighting this global War on Poly-behavioral Addictions.