No matter how good or bad our home workplace setup, most people working from home are at higher ergonomic risk from maintained static postures than they were at the office. We just move around less. We don’t walk to the bus. We don’t...
I love observing yoga in real life. In this beautiful rooted reclining pose, Suzi finds the perfect balance between stability and ease. A combination of Reclining Warrior III and Reclining Tree, this pose gives Suzi a sense of safety and repose. Supta Vrksasana...
President William Howard Taft: Too big for a standard chair I’m from Toronto, home of the Domed Stadium. That means that even as a non fan of baseball, I still loved going to games because of 1; The Domed Stadium 2; The Jumbotron and 3; The Seventh Inning...
Prepare for Pesach by taking time for yourself Free Yoga Miniseries March 01st, 08th, and 15th at 11:00 am Breathing. Grounding. Gentle Poses. Enter your email below to get an invite to the zoom link.
Recently, I received the following email from a high school teacher: “Hey Ellen, I’m really suffering from all this Zoom time. This is NOT what I signed up for when choosing to be a teacher… I feel that I’m developing an attention deficit...
I’ve compiled an eBook about working from home specifically for those people working from the dining room table or sofa. Working remotely is here stay, and increasing your awareness is the best way to reduce your risk of fatigue and injury. Enter your email...
Are you working in unsafe postures instead of adjusting the workplace to suit your body? You are and should be the center of the story. Ergonomics is about making your environment work for you. The mistake that people make is they get this backwards and adjust their...
Working from home may have changed more than just your workplace setup; it may have drastically changed the way you do your job. When I did onsite ergonomic consultations prior to the new regimen, I used to move around all day. I’d walk from workstation to...
A while back I was on phone with tech support from a digital invoicing company. When I heard kids in the background I asked if he was working at the kitchen table and he responded that no, he was working from the sofa. I inquired whether he enjoyed working...
What is a person supposed to do? On the one hand, you left your good furniture and equipment behind at work and are in pain from working long hours at your makeshift home office. On the other hand, pandemic restrictions might not allow you or your employer...
Although working from the dining room table sounds like it would be better than working from the sofa, there are too many inherent risk factors for it to work well as a desk. Height. Dining room tables are higher than office desks and their height is not adjustable....
If you began working from home (WFH) during the COVID-19 pandemic and are interested in knowing what your ergonomic risk is, you can start by checking in with your body. If your body is fatigued, strained, hurting or even frozen in areas that felt fine when you...
I’m excited to share that I’ve been asked to participate at the Rice House’s 2019 Whole Health Forum in Even Sapir. I’ll be leading a workshop on Monday, May 27th called “Ergonomics is Movement”, where we will explore integrating yoga as a preventive...
Is it Possible to Improve Poor Posture? Recently a friend surprised me by saying to my kids, “Your mother has been observing and criticizing my posture for over 30 years”. I hadn’t realized that my interest in posture and its effects on our interaction with the world...
photo Ellen Buckstein Trikonasana (Triangle Pose) In rapelling, it’s easy to understand the importance of finding that place where safety, balance, stability and ease combine to keep you performing at your peak without injury. You also need to preserve your...
Photo used with Permission Viparita Karani (Legs-up-the-Wall pose) On my street next to Jerusalem’s beautiful Haas Promenade it is not uncommon to see bus drivers taking a break in their bus’s shaded storage area. But this morning I saw something that...
If you are uncomfortable at work, you might be risking your ability to ensure a secure livelihood for yourself and your family. Have you identified the source of your discomfort? The questions below are designed to help you prevent loss of work time and income from...
Mix it Up. Have Different Seating Solutions around the Office. It’s an Investment in Productivity. Overloading the muscles by maintaining any static position for prolonged periods, increases our risk of ergonomic injury. Alternating sitting with standing...
Here are some stretches that you can do right at your desk to relieve shoulders and back that ache from hunching over your computer. Do these stretches in the middle of the day and not only will you feel invigorated, you will actually be reducing your risk of a work...
The chair is still king of the office. People often ask me why they a need a good office chair if the goal is to be standing much of the time. Even if you have already moved to a sit-stand workstation the chair is still important. Neither standing nor sitting...
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.