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  • Could you stand to lose weight at work?

    Ergonomics, Office Ergonomics May 21, 2012

    According to Mark E. Benden, PhD, CPE in his book “Could You Stand to Lose“, if you intermittently stand during the course of your normal workday routine for only two-and-a-half hours, you could burn an extra 350 calories per day. So yes, you can stand to lose weight at work! Over 400,000 people died inContinue reading

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  • Coffee Shop Ergonomics

    Body Mechanics, Ergonomics, Ergonomics Programs, Office Ergonomics, Products & Recommendations, Successful Programs May 2, 2012

    I love coffee. I started drinking it in high school on cold mornings after swim practice. I always drank it black because that’s how they made it. I still love coffee, stopping at a coffee shop almost every day. There are always people working on their laptops at the tables, and I think, “What aContinue reading

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  • “Ergo Breaks” for the Industrial/Office/Health Care Athlete

    Ergonomics, Ergonomics Programs, Healthcare Ergonomics, Industrial Ergonomics, Office Ergonomics March 28, 2012

    For those of us who specialize in health, wellness, exercise and fitness we have the long held opinion/belief that workplace fitness/exercise programs assist workers in being less prone to work-related injury, require less medical care, use less sick time and are more productive at work and home. Unfortunately, the literature specific to worksite exercise programsContinue reading

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