Using Ergonomics To Reduce Travel Stress
Occupational Therapist Rebekah Goodman shares how reduce stress and the chance of injury when traveling during the holiday season!
Injury Prevention, Occupational Therapy
Back to School Backpack Tips
While a backpack is still one of the best ways to tote homework, an overloaded or improperly worn backpack gets a failing grade, according to the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). Here are some tips to reduce a child’s risk of causing long term damage while wearing a backpack.
Injury Prevention, Occupational Therapy, Workplace Safety
Do you Have an Issue with your Carpal Tissue?
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is a common diagnosis that plagues millions of hands every year. It falls under a class of diagnoses referred to as repetitive stress injuries which are injuries brought on or made worse by repetitive activities. Some of these activities include writing, typing, and manipulating tools and/or machinery. How do you know […]
Injury Prevention, Occupational Therapy, Workplace Safety
Thumb and Wrist Pain with Technology
Why is it happening? What can you do about it? Thumb and wrist pain can happen with technology for a number of reasons, the most common are overuse or poor body posture. Other reasons you would experience pain could be: Use of a laptop for long periods of time Constant mouse use with one side/hand […]
Occupational Therapy
Is a Wearable Postural Correction Device For You?
There are many devices available that claim to help fix poor posture including some that beep at you when you’re slouching and others that help strap or brace your body into position. But do any of them really work? Even as an occupational therapist, I admit I can’t keep perfect posture throughout the entire day. […]
Occupational Therapy