Worksite Health & Safety Consultants

Summer time is a great time to get all of those home improvement tasks done that have been building up on your To Do List. Are you thinking ahead to protect yourself from injury? How many times have you gotten back in from redoing your backyard with a sore back? Come back Monday morning with […]

The most common work-related musculoskeletal forearm/elbow syndrome lateral epicondylitis, is actually something you might have heard about, but never remembered (maybe it’s the name). You may recognize this syndrome by its nickname – “tennis elbow”. According to WebMD, “tennis elbow” is characterized by a significant pain in one’s elbow due to overuse of forearm and […]

I have been asked to give the closing keynote address at the 2014 Women’s Leadership Conference in the Washington, DC area on July 1, 2014! The theme of this year’s conference is “Redefining Work-life Balance: Family, Career, Love, and Money” , and my talk is entitled “Lessons from Lifting the Luggage of Life”. I hope to see […]

Within a work day, there are countless micro-tasks and processes that we must allocate to different sectors of our brain as we work. Most people believe that they can handle and process different tasks simultaneously, as I’m sure you’ve heard of the term “multi-tasking”. While these people may be responsible for completing more than two […]

In most office-based professions, people are undoubtedly going to find themselves reading and working simultaneously at some point. If you are going to be working from a reference or reading material that is not on your computer screen, it is important to prop it up using a reading stand just beneath your monitor. By propping […]

Step 5: Can you actually see that? Sit back in your chair and put your hands on the keyboard. (remember, you should be scooted all the way up close to the desk). Now take a look at your monitor. Can you see it well? I mean, really well? Try leaning a bit forward – does […]

Step 4: Keyboards and Mice may be pains in backs! After making sure your feet are well supported, scooting your buttocks back in the seat, and adjusting your chair’s lumbar support are you still having back, neck or shoulder pain? Did you know it may have nothing to do with your chair? One of the […]

Step 3: Once you scoot, then you judge: If you are slouching in your chair, the backrest needs to be adjusted. Move the backrest forward enough that it supports you in an upright position., while allowing you to lean back against the chair. Move the lumbar support up or down so that it lines up […]

Step 2: Learn how to adjust your chair Most people think the most common cause of back pain is using the wrong chair. In fact it’s usually much simpler than that: not taking the time to learn how to adjust the chair you have! Sure, you need to take a little time to figure out […]

Step 1: Swinging feet = Pulling spine Take a moment to check how you are sitting. Are you at the front of the chair, or sitting back against the backrest? Are you sitting upright, or slouched like a teenager? Most people sit with their chairs up too high, causing them to sit at the edge […]