While it may take some time before ergonomic practices become standardized within the workplace, it is important to educate yourself on what you can do now to avoid unnecessary pain and suffering associated with poor form and posture.
Proper posture is essential to maintaining healthy bones, muscles, and joints, as well as proper alignment throughout the body. Ergonomics plays a key role in helping individuals to maintain correct posture and avoid RSI’s. Proper postural techniques in combination with ergonomics will deliver strong muscles and joints and a healthy alignment of the spine, as well as prevent fatigue, pain, wearing of the joints, and poor appearance.
Many factors contribute to poor posture, including, but not limited to:

• obesity
• pregnancy
• weak muscles
• high-heeled shoes
• tight muscles; decreased flexibility
• poor work environment
• poor sitting and standing habits

Proper posture and Ergonomics helps us to become aware of our body position at all times, whether it be at work, play, or even in a relaxed environment.

Learn what you can do to avoid RSI’s.

Do your recall your mothers and teachers telling you to sit up straight? Well…their point has merit.

	These sketches are of the myofacial trigger points that have developed in the muscles. Myofacial trigger points are marked with colored X's. The corresponding shaded colors show the areas of pain from these trigger points. Experts believe that the actual site of the injury or the strain prompts the development of a trigger point that, in turn, causes pain and inflammation in other areas. Myofascial pain may develop from a muscle injury or from excessive strain on a particular muscle or muscle group, ligament or tendon. Without proper posture and assistance through ergonomics, myofascial pain exists, resulting in a chronic condition that affects the fascia (connective tissue that covers the muscles). Trigger points in the scapula, as shown here, induce pain locally and down the arm and into the hands.
	Trigger points in muscles of the upper back and shoulders can cause pain shooting up into the head and down the arms. This can result in intense discomfort in the shoulder blades, neck, and skull, resulting in immobility, tingling, burning, numbness, headaches, blurred vision, dizziness, facial and ear pain, and even nausea. This is a sign of nerve entrapment. It is crucial to be sure that your work station is ergonomically correct. Proper focus on posture is a must as well. Theanswer lies in The Lap-Stop.
	Tension in the neck muscles entrap nerves causing pain radiating into chest, upper back and shoulders, as well as down arms into the hands. Tension headaches can manifest, along with sinus pressure, shortness of breath, and chest tightness and pain. Immobility, tender muscles and severe joint pain is common, as well as eye strain and vision impairment. Numbness and tingling down the arms is a result of extreme tension. All of these unpleasant symptoms can be rectified with ergonomics, The Lap-Stop, and proper posture.
	Constant stress with over use of the arms causes localized pain. Myofascial Pain Syndrome (MPS) often occurs in persons who perform repetitive tasks involving the muscles of the forearms, upper arms, shoulders and neck, such as typing, data entry or other frequent use of keyboards. Inflammation and tenderness occurs, as well as lack of mobility, joint tightness, and tingling into the extremities. Proper ergonomic techniques and The Lap-Stop can correct chronic pain from overuse and improper form and posture.

It is imperative that the necessary changes are made to ensure proper posture and eliminate unnecessary pain, future health problems and the loss of productivity in our workplace. Ergonomics and The Lap-Stop is the solution!

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