Adjust the workplace, don’t adjust to it! The human body will most likely never change, thus when we design products for the work place, it should be the goal to create products that are user friendly, not just work friendly. At EZ-Ergo we feel it is easier to adjust the environment within which we work, rather than to adapt the human body.

The study of Ergonomics advocates an understanding of the presence of individual’s differences and disabilities. Ergonomics is the practice of applying strategies to accommodate these differences, by engineering ergonomic products, which allows adjustment to match the job to the worker, not the worker to the job.

RSI affects several million workers each year, according to the figures from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). RSI’s account for an increasingly large percentage of workers’ compensation costs each year, representing nearly half of the occupational illnesses reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) annual survey.

Two types of injuries are associated with ergonomics, RSI which effects the musculoskeletal (bones, muscles, joints, tendons, ligaments) and nervous systems (nerves and neurovascular system). Upper extremity problems (musculoskeletal), may effect tendons and nerves, the most common disorder known as carpal tunnel syndrome. The symptoms for carpal tunnel syndrome are often numbness, tingling and loss of strength in the hands and lower arms. RSI differs from other injuries in that its effects are gradual and cumulative, rather than sudden. RSI may take weeks, months or years to develop into a disability.