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 "Could it be that ergonomics, and its handmaiden psychophysics, were the Grail in the quest to spare workers the misery of backache (or arm pain)? Given the "injury" social construction, the affirmative answer made sense. Thousands of studies tried to define ergonomic hazards, studies notable for inconsistent outcomes and minor associations. Ergonomic advice flooded the industrial world and spilled beyond. Advice as to task design and safe biomechanics was welcomed and heeded since there was a social construction that rendered such advice sensible."- Nortin M. Hadler MD, Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America (Get the book.) "At mid - twentieth century, ergonomics was the specialty in industrial engineering that analyzed the motion elements of industrial tasks with a view toward maximizing performance. This remains a primary raison d'etre. Thanks to the pioneering efforts of Ernest Tischauer and later Stover Snook, maximizing worker comfort without sacrificing effectiveness became another goal. Tischauer incorporated biomechanics into the principles of tool and machine design. Snook's approach, termed psychophysics, was to explore the physical content and context of tasks to optimize worker acceptance." - Nortin M. Hadler MD, Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America (Get the book.) "Social constructions die hard. ergonomics keeps its political currency. An "Ergonomic Standard" was proposed and passed at the end of the Clinton administration, but Congress blocked its implementation. Hopefully, it will not reemerge. All it does is cement the injury construction, thereby diverting attention from the major challenges faced in the modern workforce. The scientific refutation of the social construction that considers regional backache an "injury" is comprehensive, compelling, and reproducible. It is not incontrovertible." - Nortin M. Hadler MD, Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America (Get the book.) |
| "You don't take that five-minute break every hour that computer users are advised to take for reasons of health and ergonomics. Maybe now, after repeated bouts of eyestrain and headaches, it's time to take "take five" seriously.
During those five minutes, try a relieving massage. While looking down, close your eyes. Then gently massage the tops of the eyeballs through your shuttered eyelids. Pay extra attention to tender areas—massaging in miniature circles." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.) |
 "At mid-point in the twentieth century, ergonomics was the specialty in industrial engineering that analyzed the motion elements of industrial tasks so as to maximize performance. ergonomics still retains this function, but, thanks to the pioneering efforts of Ernest Tischauer and, later, Stover Snook, maximizing worker comfort without sacrificing effectiveness became another goal. Tischauer incorporated biomechanics into the principles of tool and machine design."- Nortin M. Hadler, The Last Well Person: How to Stay Well Despite the Health-Care System (Get the book.) "The 'Ergonomics Injury' as a Social Construction" (2001), and "Rheumatology and the Health of the Workforce" (2001). For the psychosocial context of work, see also Cheng and colleagues, "Association between Psychosocial Work Characteristics and Health Functioning in American Women" (2000), and Johnston and colleagues, "Stressful Psychosocial Work Environment Increases Risk for Back Pain among Retail Material Handlers" (2003). For the historiography, see Hadler, "Workers' Compensation and Chronic Regional Musculoskeletal Pain" (1998)." - Nortin M. Hadler, The Last Well Person: How to Stay Well Despite the Health-Care System (Get the book.) "Still, social constructions die hard, and ergonomics keeps its political currency. The scientific refutation of the social construction that considers regional backache an "injury" is comprehensive, compelling, and reproducible. Whatever element of physical hazard outside of work, or ergonomic hazard in the modern workplace, is being missed must be so minor and so heterogeneous as to be irremediable. We need to be very sceptical when someone touts any association between disabling regional musculoskeletal disorders and a wide range of physical exposures at work." - Nortin M. Hadler, The Last Well Person: How to Stay Well Despite the Health-Care System (Get the book.) "Furthermore, the claims are rising in spite of interventions, mainly in the area of ergonomics. In 1983 the Quebec Workers' Health and Safety Commission established the Quebec Task Force on Spinal Disorders to examine this trend. The commission asked the task force to explain, for example, why the escalation had not been blunted by the continual increase in physiotherapy treatments in Quebec, which had risen to 641,197 in 1982. To this end, Dr Walter O." - Nortin M. Hadler, The Last Well Person: How to Stay Well Despite the Health-Care System (Get the book.) |
 "Considering ergonomics (by Bren Jacobson)
Ergonomics refers to the science of engineering, adapting, and designing machines, tools, and furniture to suit people and increase efficiency. I will use the term here in its broader sense to include the ways in which individuals adapt themselves to their environment and work.
Even very subtle imbalances in our bodies or in the way we use them can cause severe pain. Dr. Rolf taught that the connective tissue in the body forms a continuous web so that any injury, strain, or inflammation is instantly and lastingly communicated to the entire body."- Jacob Teitelbaum, Pain Free 1-2-3: A Proven Program for Eliminating Chronic Pain Now (Get the book.) "Bren Jacobson, a gifted Rolfer and minister who practices in Annapolis, Maryland, contributed the sections in this chapter on reducing stress and ergonomics. Being very knowledgeable about both standard medical issues and a very wide array of complementary therapies, he is very gifted at guiding people through the myriad options available in complementary and holistic medicine Managing Infections Many different kinds of infections can trigger pain." - Jacob Teitelbaum, Pain Free 1-2-3: A Proven Program for Eliminating Chronic Pain Now (Get the book.) "Keep a Daily ergonomics Journal Rate whatever pain or discomfort you have on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being no pain and 10 being excruciating pain. This can be done at any time of the day, but the end of the day is a good time and it is preferable to do it at the same time each day if possible. On any day that your pain level is low (1 to 3) or high (7 to 10) try to examine and record any variables that might make that day different from others. Some things you might consider are the following: Is it a workday or a holiday?" - Jacob Teitelbaum, Pain Free 1-2-3: A Proven Program for Eliminating Chronic Pain Now (Get the book.) |
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