footwear

16 Dec, 24

best practices, Ergo at home, footwear, News, wellness

8 Holiday Kitchen Tips to Save Your Back (and Boost Your Baking Game)

This article shares practical ergonomics tips to help you stay comfortable, prevent fatigue, and enjoy a pain-free holiday season while cooking and baking in the kitchen.

17 Feb, 24

Ergo at home, footwear, News, techniques, wellness

Five fun ergo things to do on Family day

Ergonomics applies at work AND at home. Here are five things you can do with your family, to start a discussion about ergonomics. Inspect your winter boots. Are they warm? Do they have good tread to prevent slips? Do they keep moisture out? If you’re shopping for boots, check here first, for help selecting an […]

3 images showing the effects of supportive footwear, heels, and barefeet

11 Sep, 23

assessment, best practices, Ergo at home, footwear, News, Office Ergo

Elevate office comfort: The surprising impact of footwear on ergonomics

Office footwear may appear to be an unconventional topic for an ergonomics blog, but shoes are quite important in creating a comfortable and productive workspace. While industrial and non-slip footwear are more commonly associated with ergonomics, what you wear on your feet during office hours can impact your overall well-being and work efficiency. Why your […]

assessment, best practices, ergo program, footwear, health care, heat stress, Industrial, injury, intern, Manual handling, mentor, mentor, News, PDA, productivity, Quality, research, stretching, techniques, tools, training

Answering tough questions: How Applied Ergonomics Research can Benefit your Company

Does your company see itself as “leading edge”? Is “R&D” built into your process? If so, are you applying this approach to ergonomics and strain/sprain injury prevention? Applied research allows you to examine information about specific problems within your company. Research can lead to better work processes, ergonomics awareness and skills, and innovation. As practitioners, […]

25 Jan, 21

best practices, Driving, Ergo at home, essential services, footwear, health care, injury, News

Worried about slips and falls?

The type of footwear that employees wear between their vehicles and their workplace can affect the risk of slips and falls significantly.

25 Jul, 19

footwear, injury, legislation, News, Office Ergo, Shopping

Outlawing heels in the office

Although very few businesses overtly EXPECT women to wear heels to work, we do anyway. Heels have a way of making us look taller and leaner, and who can resist the urge to self-promote? (Turns out, many people, all smarter than I.) A little-noticed section of Bill 148 (Schedule 3) actually prohibits employers from requiring […]

footwear

Five fun ergo things to do on Family day

Elevate office comfort: The surprising impact of footwear on ergonomics

Answering tough questions: How Applied Ergonomics Research can Benefit your Company

Worried about slips and falls?

Outlawing heels in the office

What is ergonomics?

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