Think of the brain as a car with a finite amount of fuel available to function optimally. An excessive workload can drain what it takes for your brain to run properly. So too can having to work in a ...

For anyone who has to work at a computer monitor most of the time, the symptoms of discomfort are all too familiar. By the afternoon, the reading material begins to blur, eyes burn and neck and ...

The "oh-my-aching-back" complaint has usually been relegated to the middle-age set; that is, until recently. The kids who spend hours sitting with their computers and PlayStations have doctors and ...

The state's director of health programs, Dr. Michael Silverstein, says bad ergonomics cause 50,000 workplace injuries per year in Washington State. DR. MICHAEL SILVERSTEIN: Carpal tunnel syndrome, low ...

If the word ‘ergonomics’ has entered the chat because your office chair is trying to murder you, here’s everything you need to know. Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, ...

In many cases, it is necessary to defeat what the organization previously assumed is “good ergonomics.” Ask anyone and you likely will get the response that good ergonomics means “chairs,” “how I sit, ...

“Ergonomics” involves fitting work to people, with the goal of minimizing the risk of strains and sprains as well as optimizing worker performance. Many people associate ergonomics with lifting ...

Technology has brought huge advances in the power and capability of the machines which support us in our work. The human machine evolves at a somewhat slower pace. The result is workplaces which can ...