WMSD Archives – Ergohealth

5 Reasons You Never Use an Armchair for a Desk Chair

Are you using an armchair for a desk chair? Do you think the desk chair is ugly and cumbersome? You need a chair in your home to work with as a desk chair but you don’t like the look of the office chair. It doesn’t fit your decoy. It takes up too much space and you...

How to Avoid Common Home Working Accidents

Work from Home Wellbeing

Have you seen those signs? ‘Wet Floor’ sign. ‘Caution: Mind The Step’ sign ‘Warning: High Voltage sign. ‘Fire Exit’ sign. Those red and yellow (amber) signs tell you to take care and protect yourself. “Where did you see them?” On the road? In the office? Construction...

9 Computer Bad Habits Guaranteed to Give You Neck Pain

Musculoskeletal Injuries

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 so easy to get into bad habits working with...

The No. 1 Secret To Setting Up the Perfect Ergonomic Workstation

Work from Home Ergonomics

You probably know how to set up an ergonomic workstation. For a start, you get a desk and an ‘ergonomic’ office chair. Then you buy a monitor, separate keyboard and mouse. Finally, you place your workstation near the window. Setting up your ergonomic workstation at...

5 Desk Bad Habits That Easily Give You Back Pain

Musculoskeletal Injuries

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. Naturally, the office space was set up to follow the Health and...

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

Musculoskeletal Disorders

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...

All You Need to Know About Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders

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...

Do You Know the Difference Between RSI, CTD, WMSD and Workplace Injuries?

Musculoskeletal Disorders

It’s confusing isn’t it? Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI). Cumulative Trauma Disorders ( CTD). Overuse Syndrome. Work-Related Upper Limb Disorders. Are they the same? Do they mean the same thing? Are they terminologies for work-related injuries. Or are they...