Is Your Kids’ Smart Phone a Pain in the Neck? Question: How much does a typical head weigh? Answer: Nope it’s not 8lbs….the Jerry Maguire movie was wrong! In fact, a typical head weighs 10-15lbs, that’s almost the weight of a 10 pin bowling ball. Now imagine gluing that bowling ball onto the end of…
Tips on Working From Home If you are temporarily or newly working from home, here are some helpful tips for a better workstation set-up as well as safe working habits. #1. Chair Find a comfortable chair option that will provide you with back support in an upright and slightly reclined position. This means the hips…
As I mentioned in my last post, at MoveSafe we believe that injury prevention can be encapsulated into 3 simple ideas: Prepare and Maintain the Body Prepare the Work Area and Equipment and, Healthy Movement, with proper postures and movement patterns. In part 3 of this 3 part blog post, we will review the ‘Big…
As I mentioned in my last post, at MoveSafe we believe that injury prevention can be encapsulated into 3 simple ideas: Prepare and Maintain the Body Prepare the Work Area and Equipment and, Healthy Movement, with proper postures and movement patterns. In part 2 of this 3 part blog post, we explore the idea of…
As ergonomists, we often receive requests from individuals in discomfort who feel that the answer to their pain is a new chair, a split keyboard, or a cool ergonomic mouse. Although there are times when each of these items can help, the cause of discomfort often lies in the posture of the user, the positioning…
Knee Position on Long Drives. Check your knee position when driving. Many of us turn our right foot and knee out to 2 o’clock when we drive – especially for long distances. This has the potential to create an imbalance in our hips as the muscles on the right side of our butt get shorter….
Is Your Cell Phone Winning? In the ongoing posture battle with your phone, watch out for dropping your head to see your phone down at elbow height. Dropping your head puts unnecessary stress on the tissues in your neck. Just look up ‘text neck’ sometime to learn the potential harm you are doing to yourself….
Wide, Stable Base. We need a wide stable base whenever we apply force laterally. We should never have our body weight supported by a hand tool. Two examples of injuries are (1) A worker falling forward when the impact gun he was leaning on dropped after loosening a nut; and (2) A worker falling backward…
Back pain, shoulder pain, sprain, strain, and other injuries are all too common in the workplace. Healthy posture and movements are crucial to preventing these injuries and keeping your body healthy and strong from physical work. Equipped with the right knowledge, tools, and equipment, the vast majority of workplace injuries can be prevented. As pioneers…
The majority of musculoskeletal injuries in the workplace can be mitigated through effective injury prevention strategies. Musculoskeletal injuries are pain in the bones, muscles, ligaments, tendons, and/or nerves and can be either acute (short-term) or chronic (long-term). There are work risk factors that can increase the chances of an employee developing a musculoskeletal injury. Managers…
