by Ugo Akpala-alimi | May 13, 2024 | Ergonomic Equipment Reviews
I was doing research on ergonomic office chairs on a search engine. And the keyword searches that kept coming up were; “Best Ergonomic chair for Back Pain or “Best Office chair for Neck Pain”. It made me aware that people are looking for a...
by Ugo Akpala-alimi | May 13, 2024 | Ergonomic Equipment Reviews
Is your ergonomic office chair a good fit? You have done well if you have an ergonomic office chair. Many people still use the wrong chair for working at a computer desk. But you have done it. You’ve got yourself an ergonomic office chair. Why Is it Important...
by Ugo Akpala-alimi | May 13, 2024 | Ergonomic Equipment Reviews
Good office chairs aren’t cheap. Buying the best office chair under £200 means you need to be strict with what you expect from the chair. Of course, the more expensive a chair doesn’t mean it’s the most ergonomic. However, expensive ergonomic office chairs come...
by Ugo Akpala-alimi | May 13, 2024 | Solopreneur Health, Wellness and Self-care
It took about 5 months. 5 months after I started freelancing and working from home I got wrist pain. It started as discomfort and then developed into wrist pain. I used to work from my laptop sitting at the dining table. And the interesting thing was I’m a...
by Ugo Akpala-alimi | May 13, 2024 | Preventing Work-Related Injuries
Neck pain is very common with computer work because of computer bad habits. ‘It is the most common injury complaint when working from home’, according to the IES Working at Home Wellbeing Survey. It is so easy to get into bad habits working with...
by Ugo Akpala-alimi | May 13, 2024 | Preventing Work-Related Injuries
Aching when working from home doesn’t happen overnight. Neck pain, backache, shoulder pain and hip pain all start from a twinge and niggle. Home working injuries otherwise known as work-related or office-related musculoskeletal injuries occur with time. It...
by Ugo Akpala-alimi | May 13, 2024 | Ergonomic Healthy Workspace Setup
It’s ugly and cumbersome, right? The office ergonomic chair. You need a chair in your home to work with as an office chair but you don’t like the look of the office chair. It doesn’t fit your decoy. It takes up too much space and you really don’t want it....
by Ugo Akpala-alimi | May 13, 2024 | Ergonomic Healthy Workspace Setup
I once used a dining table as my working-from-home workstation. It was the only table we had in our small apartment. So, I thought it would do. But it didn’t take long before I developed wrist pain. Every time I typed on my keyboard, I got shooting and...
by Ugo Akpala-alimi | May 6, 2024 | Preventing Work-Related Injuries
It was 2011, and I had been a physiotherapist for 7 years. I had only finished my masters in Ergonomics. Before that, I had a taste of assessing workers in an oil company. I loved it. So, I decided to start a freelance business offering Ergonomic Assessments to...
