Ergonomics for working from home
We all are facing an unprecedented situation right now with the fight against Covid-19 where many of us being forced to work from home. This is not an ideal option for some of us as we struggle to maintain personal and professional space. On a positive note, working from home gives us the flexibility to structure our work schedule around the home routine of taking care of younger children but it does take away the ability to customise our work set-up according to our personal needs.
Recent research in New Zealand shows that shoulder injuries after falling from bicycles in on the increase. The two major types of injuries are either because you have been hit by a car (usually from behind), or that you lost control of your bike and fell off (perhaps into a tree). The first type of injury results in multi trauma and can be life threatening or result in head injuries. the second type of accident has a high incidence of upper limb injuries, as you put out your arm to protect yourself. Shoulder injuries caused by falling from a bike are one of three types.
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We recently published the findings from our research study that predicts who is going to have recurrent shoulder instability after a first traumatic anterior shoulder dislocation. You can read more about our research paper online here
