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…
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…
While going through the recent website redesign for our MoveSafeⓇ Program, I encountered an interesting problem: there is little to no stock photography depicting proper posture and movement at work. What this signals us is the vast amount of unawareness and misunderstanding about how our bodies are designed to move. We Just Don’t See The…
North Americans are spending more time than ever behind the wheel. On average, drivers in the United States reported spending an average of 50.6 minutes on the road driving each day. Many of us may be aware of the importance of proper desk ergonomics but did you know that driving posture either causes or contributes…
All too often, workers don’t learn the necessary skills and knowledge to avoid injuries until they have already been injured. It’s only in physical therapy that they learn the proper postures and movement to recover from and avoid injuries in the future. Injury prevention shouldn’t be reactive, it should be proactive. Workers need to be…
