1. Ergonomic Tips for Computer Users
Ergonomics:
Study of how people physically interact with their work – fitting the job, the equipment and the work environment to the worker.

2. Office of Horrors

3. Ideal Office

4. Additional Setup Steps
Eliminate any reflection on your monitor.
Position any additional equipment in accessible places.

5. S - Sit up straight, arms and wrists straight
Keyboarding SECRET
S - Sit up straight, arms and wrists straight
E - Eyes on the book or copy
C - Correct fingering
R - Reasonable Rhythm
E - Erase errors correctly, or not at all
T - Tap keys, NO mashing

6. Keyboarding Hints
Before you can begin word processing, you must first know some keyboarding basics. The essential features of proper position are as follows:
Fingers curved and upright over home keys
Wrists low, but not touching frame of machine or keyboard
Forearms parallel to slant of keyboard
Body erect, sitting back in chair
Feet on floor for balance
Eyes on the copy

7. Home Row Keys Locate the home row on your keyboard.
Left-hand fingers on F-D-S-A and right-hand fingers on J-K-L-;

8. Fingers curved
Keep your fingers well curved and upright – do not rest wrists on keyboard.

9. Keystroke
Strike each key with a light tap, with the tip of the finger, snapping the fingertip toward the palm of the hand.

10. Spacebar Movement
Strike the space bar with the right thumb; use a quick down-and-in motion (toward the palm). Avoid pauses before and after spacing.

11. Enter Key
To return the cursor to the left margin and move it down tot he next line, strike the enter key (hard return). Reach the right little finger to the enter key: strike the key and return the finger quickly to home key.

12. Exercises for the office/home
One of the biggest injury risk factors is static posture.
Try to spend at least 5 minutes every hour away from your computer.
Remember to ONLY stretch to the point of mild tension.
Try to incorporate the stretches into your daily routine.
This slide provides some illustrations of simple active stretches to perform at the office.
Hand Exercises
Tightly clench your hand into a fist and release, fanning out the fingers. Repeat 3 times

13. Back and Shoulder Exercises
Stand up straight, place your right hand on your left shoulder and move your head back gently. Do the same thing for the right shoulder

14. Head and Neck Exercises
Move head sideways from left to right and back to left
Move head backwards and then forward

15. Computer and Desk Stretches …
Sitting at a computer for long periods often cause neck and shoulder stiffness and occasionally lower back pain. Do these stretches every hour or so throughout the day or whenever you feel still. Also be sure to get up and walk around the office whenever you think of it. You’ll feel better.

16. … Computer and Desk Stretches

17. … Computer and Desk Stretches