Ergonomics:
Study of how people physically interact with their work – fitting the job, the equipment and the work environment to the worker
- One of the biggest injury risk factors is static posture.
- Try to spend at least 5 minutes every hour away from your computer.
- Remember to ONLY stretch to the point of mild tension.
- Try to incorporate the stretches into your daily routine.
- This slide provides some illustrations of simple active stretches to perform at the office.
Tightly clench your hand into a fist and release, fanning out the fingers. Repeat 3 times