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Your source for ergonomic software to prevent and treat Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSI), ergonomic-software for Repetitive strain and stress injury! If you do not often stretch at your computer or take work breaks there is now OC software which will prompt you to do so, as well as keeping track of the frequency you perform activities such as clicking the mouse, or keyboard keystrokes.

Ergonomic software can:

1. Prompt users to take regular breaks (by visual and audio prompts).

2. Display sample animation of exercises or movies showing stretching options.

3. Record details of every action a user has enacted on a computer as a log file.

4. Stop the computer from working for a period of time after a specified number of key strokes or mouse-clicks to enforce break periods.

5. RSI prevention, and more!

Take a vacation from your computer

Even with the right set up and proper work techniques, do not think you can work 8-10 hours per day on your computer and not be exposing your self to ergonomic risks and potential injury.

Alternate activities by going to the copier and standing to review documents or talk on the telephone.

Use a soft squeezy "stress-relief" device such as a ball, cylinder or 2-ergo cell phone

Plan to make copies, do filing, make telephone calls to break up continuous use of the computer.

Instead of sending an email to someone down the hall, take a walk down to their office.

We all sit sometimes and some of us sit for hours a day. The longer you sit the more important it is to have a good chair that fits, to change position frequently and get up occasionally.

Use an ergonomic chair properly - keep adjusting it! If the chair has a variable tilt feature this is an easy way for having the chair move with you. If it does not, relieve the forces in the spine and on the tissues by changing the settings throughout the day.

Get out of your chair . . . Standing for just 30 seconds provides relief for the tissues of the back and helps to restore circulation. Adding some neck rolls, reaching toward the ceiling with the arms while standing is an very effective way to dispel the stresses of sitting.

Incorporate an exercise routine into your daily schedule . . . Walking, bicycling, swimming, yoga and many other activities can help relieve the stress of daily computer use.