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How to Avoid Workplace Injuries

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by: David Filed
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Consider this scenario: You're happily working at your desk, typing furiously to finish up an important quarterly earnings report when suddenly you feel a sharp pain in your wrist. You try to ignore it at first, but the pain becomes so unbearable that you think that you might collapse. Eventually, you have to stop all work on your report and ask your boss for the day off – making your report late and your office image greatly diminished. Does this scenario sound familiar? According to recent statistics, many office workers have recently experience something similar to the situation above. What many people don't realize, however, is that such a painful injury at work is very simple and easy to avoid. First, you must take breaks every hour. Sure, this sounds like a counter-intuitive thing for a hardworking office worker to consider. But it is absolutely crucial if you want to remain healthy and pain free.

Instead of dealing with the intense physical pain of carpal tunnel syndrome and other wrist related pain, which can sideline you from important office functions and projects, you can be on top of your game, efficiently and safely churning out whatever report your boss requires of you. Secondly, you must use your keyboard with good posture. Most people type in such a way that their wrist is bent and unnatural, causing intense pain at the end of the day. Watch how other people, usually younger people, type and emulate them. This will greatly improve your posture and make and workplace injury a thing of the past. Workplace injuries can derail your career, transforming you from a top worker into a person unable to contribute to the workplace. Avoiding these injuries will improve not only your health, but your long term viability at that company, ensuring you a long and fruitful career.