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Are we sitting on a Health and Safety Time Bomb?

The explosive growth of computers and the RSI from computer use, which is contained
home means that more people are being in "The Hand Book: Preventing Computer
sidelined with repetitive strain Injury." (Ergonomie;1993).
injuries, although exact numbers are not "Start with a good chair," Windsor said.
available. These startling facts came "It should have as much adjustability as
about from a report carried out by the possible and be easy to" adjust. The
National Institute for Occupational chair should not be so long that it digs
Safety and Health who then went on to into the back of the legs, and the
allege that 20% of people who work with chair's height should be adjusted so that
Computers in the office also suffer from the feet can touch the floor without
RSI. dangling, he said.
Millions of dollars each year, the To help improve posture, make a simple
equivalent of the GDP from a small third adjustment to the keyboard. Slip a board,
world country are spent trying to find about three-quarters to one inch thick,
the cure for these ails and sadly we beneath the lowest side of the keyboard.
don't appears to be getting very far. This provides a "negative" tilt, taking
Sadly we are lacking in complete some strain off the wrists, and "it
professional research into this area encourages you to sit up a little
"What is the scientific basis for these straighter," Windsor said.
devices?" asked Russell Windsor, an RSI "Sufferers of RSI can be aided by the
Specialist at the Hospital for Special correct climate with which to operate
Surgery in New York. "There has been from at work." said Edward Rankin, Chief
little actual proper scientific research. of Orthopaedic surgery at Providence
|There appears to be a woefully little Hospital in Washington and a spokesman
amount of research.}" for the American College of Orthopaedic
But incorrect seating, poor work regimes Surgeons. "They could change the desk
and appalling physical fitness can also height, change the seat, use a foam wrist
play a role, which is why many experts rest."
often prescribe special exercises to help However there are certain experts out
lessen the effects of long hours at the there who believe that the best way to
computer. "People who use computers are treat RSI is keep the tendons supple and
essentially upper-body athletes, " moving. "Tendons that move heal better,"
Windsor said. "They are making hundreds Windsor said. "They have to be able to
of thousands of key strokes." remain supple."
While these movements may be small, they By limiting how much hands and wrists
carry the risks and dangers of any move, "you can cause muscles to contract
athletic activity. "A shoulder or a thigh and tendons to shrink," he said. "People
can take a great deal more use and abuse end up alleviating some of the pain, but
than can a tiny tendon in your hand," they tend to put added stress on some of
said Stephanie Brown, a concert pianist the other muscle groups. You really want
who is author of a method for preventing a range of motion.




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