GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Nov. 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The Adobe Digital Index is predicting 2015 Cyber Week sales to hit a record $3 billion, and with nearly half of all U.S. employees shopping from work,* Haworth's senior corporate ergonomist offers prevention tips to help shoppers avoid injury tied to 'Tech Hunch.'
"Tech Hunch is a posture that happens when an individual's head is angled downward toward a mobile device or computer screen," explains Teresa A. Bellingar, Ph.D., CPE, at Haworth. "It's accompanied by raised shoulders and/or curling forward, causing back, neck and shoulder pain."
"Online users, especially millennials who have grown up with technology, spend hours in injury-laden postures using a device or screen," she said. "When you couple this with a concentrated period of Tech Hunch posture during Cyber Week, the result is cumulative injuries."
Good ergonomics practice, including these 5 tips, help prevent Tech Hunch on Cyber Week, or any day:
Dr. Bellingar adds: "Technology use can cause injury due to poor postures. This impacts quality of life; compounding throughout the day with aches and pains that won't disappear when you get home from work."
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*CareerBuilder 2014 Cyber Monday survey
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