Sorry to be coming in on this late, but I've been traveling. I just got back from Grand Rapids, Michigan which is home to Steelcase, Herman Miller, and Knoll - three of the best ergonomic office furniture makers in North America. Both Steelcase (tools & insights section) and Herman Miller have research studies on their websites which are good reads. I would definitely check those out.
I'm a big proponent of ergonomics so I'll throw out my suggestions...I know there are more extreme examples, but these are my preferences that blend ergo and style. My favorites Desks Biomorph desks - http://www.biomorphdesk.com/ Anthro carts - http://www.anthro.com/ * look at the adjustable versions Chairs Leap chair - http://www.steelcase.com/ Aeron chair - http://hermanmiller.com/ Freedom chair - http://www.humanscale.com/products/freedom_chair.cfm Mouse, Keyboard, etc Logitech wireless mouse DataHand Ergoport - http://www.datahand.com/products/ergoport.htm DataHand keyboard - http://www.datahand.com/products/personal.htm Lighting To reduce the strain on your eyes, stand on your desk and remove the fluorescent tubes. Then get yourself a nice task light. On a personal note, I know what you're going through; I had tendonitis when I was 16 from the effects of playing marching percussion for many years. It took a wrist brace, a one month hiatus from drumming, and learning how to approach the drum differently to resolve my problem. At 26, I can still feel when problems are starting to brew, but I now know when to lay off for a while. Unfortunately, you have to work to pay the bills, so do what you need to do to help yourself. Yeah, a $1,000+ for a chair or keyboard sounds like a lot, but think of how much income you will lose if you can't work. I see that as a small price to pay, and definitely worth every penny. Good luck! Ryan Kime -----Original Message----- From: Tony Weeg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 2:11 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: ot: ergonomics hey all. listen...ive got a problem, and things are getting worse. my wrists and my forearm (tennis elbow) are really starting to hurt these days, I have been to the doc, got some scripts (vioxx, bextra, ibuprofen, etc...) and they are all well, blah... anyway, what ergonomic ideas does anyone have or employ (Desk, mouse, keyboard) that you could share...this is starting to hurt and this sucks!!!! thanks tony tony weeg uncertified advanced cold fusion developer tony at navtrak dot net www.navtrak.net office 410.548.2337 fax 410.860.2337 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
