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22 Mar, 24

anthropometry, best practices, Ergo at home, News, Shopping, sleep

Sweet dreams: Ergonomics and your sleep environment

At this week’s Applied Ergonomics Conference, Christina Timmons will be talking about how we can use ergonomics to improve our sleep environment. In particular, she’ll talk about pillows, mattresses, and the room you sleep in. Read on for a short summary. Your pillow When selecting a pillow, you first need to understand your sleep posture. […]

19 Dec, 22

best practices, Ergo at home, exercise, News, Shopping, sleep, stretching, wellness

Holidays, kindness, resolutions….and ergonomics

This year, I’m giving myself a gift. And I’m making my resolutions a week early. Simultaneously. My resolutions involve being kinder, to myself and those around me. I want to stop looking at the clock as my personal adversary. It’s time to make some adjustments. And, naturally, I can tie these to ergonomics. As the […]

25 Jul, 22

anthropometry, exercise, News, sleep, stretching, wellness, work hardening

Longevity and ergonomics

Over the past 25+ years, I’ve shared articles about issues that were relevant to me at specific times in my life: pregnancy, ergonomics with (and for) children, pets, camping, cottaging, travel, and so on. When I meet new people at business functions, those who have been reading our newsletters and blogs often tell me that […]

07 Mar, 22

best practices, Ergo at home, injury, lighting, News, safety, sleep, techniques, wellness

Daylight savings, sleep loss, and Monday mornings

Daylight savings (DST), the annual practice of advancing clocks one hour ahead of standard time, starts in the spring. Clocks will be set one hour forward at 2:00 am on the second Sunday in March, which is next weekend! If you get up at the usual time on Sunday, you’ll end up with one less […]

01 Nov, 21

best practices, Ergo at home, lighting, News, sleep

Falling back should be easy: 4 tips for adjusting to longer nights

Some of us look forward to the fall time change…that extra hour of sleep on Sunday morning is more than welcome! But so much darkness every day can be difficult, regardless of what the clock says at sun up and sun down. Did you know that the days get shorter by 3 minutes per day […]

14 Mar, 18

Ergo at home, News, shiftwork, sleep

We woke up early to bring you the news about World Sleep Day, March 16

Article by Josie Blake, graphics courtesy of @_worldsleep. I love sleep, but I tend to take my peaceful rest for granted because I’m quite good at sleeping. However, this isn’t the case for everyone. For up to 45% of people across the globe, quality of life, and health is threatened by difficulties with sleeping. Of […]

sleep

Sweet dreams: Ergonomics and your sleep environment

Holidays, kindness, resolutions….and ergonomics

Longevity and ergonomics

Daylight savings, sleep loss, and Monday mornings

Falling back should be easy: 4 tips for adjusting to longer nights

We woke up early to bring you the news about World Sleep Day, March 16

What is ergonomics?

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