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5 Easy Ways to Know Your Home Office Desk is Giving You Tingling Fingers

I was gutted when I developed tingling fingers. I once used a dining table as my working-from-home workstation. It was the only table we had in our small apartment. So, I thought it would do. But it didn’t...

9 Computer Bad Habits Guaranteed to Give You Neck Pain

Neck pain is very common with computer work because of computer bad habits. 'It is the most common injury complaint when working from home', according to the IES Working at Home Wellbeing Survey. It is...

5 Desk Bad Habits That Easily Give You Back Pain

Working from home (WFH) is here to stay. Hence, work-related back pain is on the rise too. Because you are not in the office anymore and have picked up these desk bad habits that give you back pain....

How to avoid wrist pain working from home: Confession of a Physiotherapist

I can remember it like it was yesterday. How I developed wrist pain working from home. It was 2011. And I had just finished a Master's programme in Ergonomics. Knew I wanted to be an Ergonomist. Assessing workers and helping companies prevent and reduce their risk of...

All You Need to Know About Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders

Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders. That name. Phrase. Term. When you hear it, how does it make you feel? Frustrated. Angry. Scared. Unsure. Why? Does it have to do with your understanding of it? Or is it a “not-again!” moment? I know. I get upset too...

What is Musculoskeletal Disorder?

Can you remember your first time? When your colleague walked up to you and complained of knee pain. Or was it when they called in sick with disc prolapse? Or you might have heard that shoulder pain is a common injury in your workplace. How did you feel? Did you know...