| Ergonomics is a term dating only as far | | | | And thus comes work-related injuries and |
| back as the 1940s. It well describes | | | | other stresses.Think office-related |
| the science of adapting work and working | | | | injuries are a joke? Think again. The |
| conditions to suit the worker instead of | | | | 5 main injury sites for an office worker |
| the other way around - the worker | | | | include the neck, shoulders, lower back, |
| adapting to the machine.One of the most | | | | wrist and yes, the ankles and legs. If |
| interesting things about the science of | | | | pain is impeding your ability to go to |
| ergonomics (or perhaps the most | | | | work - that affects your weekly paycheck |
| frustrating) is the fact that all | | | | which in turn, affects your creditors, |
| individuals are of different height, | | | | which in turn affects your whole |
| weight, arms and hand size, etc. People | | | | family's lifestyle.That's why office |
| have so many different dimensions that | | | | furniture manufacturers have stepped in |
| the combinations are practically | | | | to offer more ergonomically correct |
| endless. So ergonomics can be seen as a | | | | chairs and workspace equipment for a |
| sort of an ongoing convoluted puzzle | | | | healthier work environment.Aeron chairs |
| with missing pieces.With the immense | | | | were designed for long-term seating for |
| expansion in the use of computers and | | | | computer work, general office work, and |
| associated equipment in the workplace | | | | casual or formal meetings by using the |
| comes the need for less injury and | | | | principles of ergonomics to minimize |
| stress to the workers themselves. The | | | | back pressure and strain on all areas of |
| long hours many of us spend interacting | | | | the torso.Reggie Andersen is a home |
| with our office equipment affect us in | | | | business office advocate. He recommends |
| many ways - and not always in a positive | | | | persistence and a healthy work |
| way.Unfortunately, gone is the physical | | | | environment including a strict schedule, |
| variety in our work tasks, as almost all | | | | good ethics and comfort. |
| we need is within reach at our desk. | | | | |