What if everybody knew touch typing? Bending your neck forward or sitting with your hands hovering mid-air while you search for keys on your keyboard is an avoidable example of awful ergonomics. Ironically, it’s often the people whose time is worth the most who...
Text neck syndrome is a name to describe the headache, neck pain, and shoulder ache that result from the extra strain from looking down at a handheld device for long periods of time. And those are just the short term effects. In the long term, head forward...
Those of us who had a good laugh at Randy Newman’s hilarious song “Short People Have No Reason To Live” know that being short isn’t so bad. My family is short. For us, airline travel is ghastly, but possible. We never have to duck our heads when passing through a...
Lori is an occupational therapist and she knows a lot more about seating and ergonomics than you and me. She works with clients in power and regular wheelchairs. Her job is to customize and adjust seating to help them avoid pain, discomfort and probably even pressure...
My house guest is a recently graduated kinesiology student. Four days after arriving in Israel, he is still sore from squeezing his 1.90 plus meter frame into an airplane seat for 12 hours. He is very aware of what happens to his posture when he tightens up. If you...
Slumping forward in a position common to laptop users stresses your lower spine at least 85 per cent more than standing. The chart illustrating A.L. Nachemson’s 1976 study on the difference in pressure ( as a percentage) on the discs of your lower spine in...
I have been helping people to sit and move comfortably since 1998. I am always looking for ways to help people improve their relationships with their bodies.
I have been helping people to sit and move comfortably since 1998. I am always looking for ways to help people improve their relationships with their bodies.