Description

Do your long days at the office often end with neck and back pain?

This presentation provides background on musculoskeletal injuries that are common in an office environment, why they occur (risk factors), and strategies to minimize risk (including how to "ergonomically" configure your workstation). Participants are provided a checklist to take back to their own workstation to assist with configuring their work space or that of co-workers/employees. 

In the following Q&A, Dan can answer your questions about popular solutions to office injuries, like sitting on a ball, treadmill desks and sit-stand workstations.

Dan's Bio
Dr. Dan Robinson is the President of Robinson Ergonomics Inc., a Canadian Certified Professional Ergonomist (CCPE) and a Practicing Kinesiologist (BC Association of Kinesiologists) who has been consulting and performing research in ergonomics/human factors since 1989. Dan completed both PhD and MSc in Kinesiology at Simon Fraser University and BSc in Biochemistry at University of British Columbia.

Dan has experience in broad range of environments that includes: office, construction, manufacturing, healthcare, retail, banking, municipal and provincial government, utilities, mining, forestry, military, laboratory, library, performing arts, ware house and distribution, marine and technology development.

Dan is an instructor for SFU's Rehabilitation Management Diploma Program and for Kwantlen Polytechnic University's Faculty of Design, where he teaches Human Factors within the Interior Design degree program, the Product Design degree program and the Technical Apparel post baccalaureate program. He has been and Adjunct Professor in UBC's Faculty of Graduate Studies and SFU's Faculty of Applied Science.