Workplace Ergonomics — Office Sector
Powerful strategies to reduce injury and increase human productivity in the workplace.
The Goal
MSIP for the Office Sector accomplishes reduced risk and incidence of workplace injuries and optimizes health of health care workers through ergonomic education and provision of useful tools and strategies.
Reconnect Webinars is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development approval #6106.
Learning Outcomes
- Review office strain injury statistics, causes, symptoms and treatment.
- Profile the 4 P’s of ergonomics (planning, pacing, prioritizing, posture) for office workers.
- Detail awkward postures most likely to cause injury and review best postures for a variety of task positions
- Review ergonomic equipment designed to reduce worker injury.
- Review basic exercises and fitness option to prevent workplace injury in office setting.
Handouts
- Exercises and Stretches to Prevent Injury
- Ergonomic Basics for Office Workers
- Ergonomic Computer Set-up
Who should buy and watch Webinar?
Cris Rowan, BScOT, BScBi, SIPT
An outspoken critic on the impact of technology on human development, behavior, and productivity
Webinar creator Cris Rowan, is passionate about changing the ways in which humans use and interact with technology. Cris has developed a concept termed Balanced Technology Management (BTM) where humans strive to manage balance between healthy activity and technology
She works globally and locally and has cross culture relevance from indigenous and developing communities. Cris is a visionary, who clearly sees that the ways in which humans are using technology are not sustainable, and the time to act is now. Activist, advocate, author, and prolific speaker, Cris helps people move from the virtual, back into the real world.