Archive for July, 2007

In these days use of computers is very much increased.

Teenagers spend most of their time in a day in front of the computer.

People who have a desk job will suffer from back pain at any point in their life.

Sitting in front of a computer all day and poor posture may lead to muscle imbalances. [Ergonomic Seating]

Sitting in front of the computer desk for long hours can increase muscle stress and put pressure on the spinal disks. Back pain leads to spinal stenosis that means narrowing of spaces in the spine that result in pressure on the spinal cord.

Use a chair with proper height to reduce back pain. Your chair plays a vital role in your back health since it provides the foundation for body support that will carry you through out the day. Adjust the computer desk chair to the height of your workstation.

Here are the products which give relief to those who are suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome.

Computer glove:

This glove gives wrist protection, support, relief, and comfort.

Product description:

The computer glove provides effective wrist support. It reduces and protects your wrist from hard surfaces and laptop heat.

The pad provides a massaging effect to your palm while gently supporting your wrist in an ergonomic position.

This computer glove prevents and relieves pain from repetitive motion injuries such as carpal tunnel syndrome. This is a perfect mobile wrist support for your computing and gaming comfort.

Benefits:

• Helps relieve and prevent carpal tunnel syndrome
• It gives comfort while you are using laptops, desktop, keyboard, mouse, videogames and writing.
• It provides comfortable mobility with full use of hand.
• It is ideal for travelling due to its compact size.
• It can fit to both the hands.

Repetitive strain injury (RSI) is a condition that affects millions of patients worldwide.

In order to define this controversial condition high quality trials and evidence of effective treatments are needed.

Frankly speaking repetitive strain injury is not one diagnosis, but it is an umbrella term for disorders that develop as a result of repetitive movements, awkward postures, sustained force and other risk factors.

RSI include specific disorders such as carpal tunnel syndrome, tendonitis of the wrist and hand, and some other upper limb problems.

Most frequently RSI occurs in adults of working age. Generally they report strains of hands, wrists, arms, shoulders or neck. The occurrence of RSI is in 5-10 percent of the population and also it could be as high as 40 percent in working population.

One of the hypotheses of RSI is that continuous contraction of the muscles due to long-term static load with insufficient breaks could result in reduced blood circulation and muscle fatigue.

Typing too long without a break?

If you do this continuously you will definitely experience hand pain.

This pain frequently occurs whenever you type too fast or for too long without break.

Do avoid this problem you need to frequent breaks for 15-30 seconds.

Also you need to do stretching.

Causes of hand pain:

• Application of pressure on your palm or wrist
• Typing extensively on a 10-key pad or calculator
• Working by using a track ball only with your thumb
• Gripping your pointing device too tightly
• Clicking the mouse extensively

How to reduce hand pain?

• Don’t use flexible or curved wrist rests. If you are using a flat wrist rest then don’t rest the crease of your wrist on this.
• Use the flat wrist rest to rest your palm of your hands in between typing and mousing work. [Mousing Techniques]

This monitor mounts has two arms that allows you to view an LCD screen and laptop.

This monitor mount is designed for those who want to use an LCD screen along with laptop.

Both the arms are connected to a Y-shaped rod or Y-bracket.

This Y-bracket allows both the arms to enjoy independent swing and pivot maneuverability.

Each arm that is connected to the Y-bracket is created using 2-link extensions for maximized extension plus pivot and swing. Laptop mounts offer easy fit for numerous sizes, including many widescreen laptops. [Laptop Ergonomics]

Product details:

• This articulating double arm desk mounts for one LCD screen and one laptop using innovative Y-bracket.
• This is completely constructed with steel.
• Gas pneumatic lift, as well as pivot and swing capability at the desk, arm and display.
• The width of laptop tray can be adjustable from 10 inches to 16 inches, and it has 14 inch tray depth.

In recent days most of you rely heavily on the computers.

For some of you dedicated computer work is necessary, while for others multi-task throughout the day.

Office ergonomics help you in a self-assessment of the ergonomic design of your computer workstation. This help to find and correct ergonomic problems to prevent repetitive strain injury, eye strain, fatigue and discomfort.

When come to the major aspects of office ergonomics task chair is the most important thing that you should consider. You should know how to operate the adjustable features correctly.

You need to adjust the seat so that your feet comfortably rest on the floor. Your knee position is slightly lower than your hips.

The next important aspect is keyboard and mouse. Sit closer to the keyboard and mouse so that your upper arms hang in relaxed position. Place the mouse closer to the keyboard so that no need to rotate your shoulder frequently. Move the mouse from the elbow rather than from the wrist down.

This computer desk is ergonomically designed for the people on the go.

Millions of people work with computers everyday.

The fold-n-go computer desk will help you to create a safe and comfortable computer workstation.

It is ideal for use in home, small offices, dorm rooms, or any where space is limited.

You can arrange this computer desk to your comfort level such as:

• Top of the monitor at or just below the eye level
• Head and neck in balanced
• Shoulders relaxed
• Elbows close to body and supported
• Lower back supported
• Wrist and hands in line with fore arms
• Adequate room for keyboard and mouse
• Feet on the foot rest

Product features:

• It is ergonomically designed for people on the go. It can be folded easily. [Ergonomic Computer Desk]
• It holds monitor, keyboard and CPU or laptop and printer.

The following are the mousing techniques that help you to avoid wrist pain.

• Check whether the size, shape, and position of the mouse buttons are correct for your hand. The mouse should fit comfortably in your hand [Ergonomic Mouse].
• Place the mouse as close to the side of keyboard as possible.
• When you are moving your mouse do not rest your wrist or forearms on the desk [Reduce Wrist Pain].
• Grip your mouse loosely. Hard grasping of the mouse creates tension in the fingers.
• Do not just use the rest to move the mouse, use the whole arm and shoulder.
• Click the mouse button lightly and gently, unless it creates pain in your fingers.
• Keep the mouse facing directly forward, move it in the directions of north/south, east/west, or diagonally across the pad. Don’t try to move the mouse around.

Features of taskmate system:

• It can rest any where on your desk, table or workstation. No need to fit any screws or clamps. This gives a precise comfort control into an integrated computer workstation.
• It can be compressed and fits easily into any workstation, even corners also.
• Simple push of a button can lift taskmate system up to 80 lbs. It is fully electrically operated system.
• You can raise and tilt the keyboard tray independently. It has the lift range of 7 inches starting level with the monitor surface and lowering down.
• Keyboard tray will tilt positively or negatively too [Ergonomic Keyboard Tray].
• Adjustable monitor platform can hold any size or any type of monitor, from flat panel screen to 75-pounds CRT.
• Non-skid monitor base is weighted for extra stability.
• Adjustable mouse pad platform can be mounted to the right or left of keyboard platform. Slides easily under keyboard platform for storage.