Repetitive strain injuries

This article discusses workplace furniture and our bodies. Provides a checklist to determine whether the chair you sit on at work is good for your well being. Recommends what to do about it.

Looks at ways to prevent soft-tissue injuries in the workplace. Also examines effective ways of dealing with these injuries.

Examines the reasons why repetitive strain injuries are affecting a growing number of adults. Explores the differences in injury characterisitcs between men and women.

Explains how women are more susceptible to musculoskeletal disorders, such as carpal tunnel syndrome, because of the type of jobs in which they often work. Suggests steps to help remedy the amount of women injured on the job.

Presents problems facing women workers and how women workers have attempted to deal with them, with some indications of the important issues.