Ergonomic Concerns For A Pregnant Woman
Posted on Mar 06, 2009 | Comments 0
Are you a pregnant office worker? Pains and musculoskeletal aches are the most common ergonomic concerns for pregnant working women.
Following simple steps to adjust your computer workstation that suit your body and its changing needs in your pregnancy will greatly improve the way you feel at the end of the day.
If you are using laptop at your workplace, you need to adjust the chair, keyboard and mouse according to your comfort.
Ergonomic adjustments during your pregnancy include:
- Lowering or raising the monitor
- Keeping the task light
- Adjusting chair height
- Keeping document holder
- Wearing proper foot
- Using a foot rest
The main objective of making ergonomic adjustments in your pregnancy is to improve the comfort levels, and decrease musculoskeletal fatigue and soreness.
Ergonomic concerns that a pregnant woman experience include:
- Sustained and repeated postures
- Soft tissue compression
- Leaning the head
- Pressure on hard surfaces while typing
- Improper mouse operations
- Forward head
- Impending blood circulation
- Nerve conduction
- Leaning forward away from the back of the chair
- Bending sideways to use alternate work space
- Awkward postures
- Sliding the chair across the work surface
Tips for pregnant working women:
- Arrange tasks that minimize twisting your body and stress on the ligaments.
- Lift only items less than 10 pounds if it is necessary to keep your spine safe.
- Use only adjustable ergonomic chairs. Use of a lumbar cushion is particularly useful during the third trimester.
- Adjust the height of the work surface so that you can minimize the reaching distance.
- Modify the height of the monitor and keyboard to reduce the risk of CTS. As your abdomen gets larger, you should adjust the desk according to it.
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