Ergonomics
Feeling a little stiff or sore at the end of the day? Bad ergonomics could be the problem. Think about the way you are working. Human beings were not engineered to sit at a desk working on a computer all day. This is why it's important to ensure we practice good human computer interaction.
Health hazards from not following ergonomic procedures can include visual fatigue, stress, neck ache, shoulder ache, a pain in your hand – or you can even get a pain in your butt, literally. And that's not all just a result of sitting. Everything from how you use a keyboard to what posture you use when talking on the phone can contribute to these health problems. So can external factors in your environment such as what type of lighting you're using. Even what you don't do – such as take the right amount or type of breaks – can lead to these problems. And if you have some genetic predispositions to musculoskeletal disorders, you could get health problems faster than the person next to you doing the same things.
However, you can prevent what is essentially bad health by learning about office or workplace ergonomics and implementing what you learn. This may mean buying some new equipment and furniture, making some makeshift adjustments to what you have or supplementing it, or implementing some new habits and routines into your day. It may mean changing the way you perform a task.