Bob Telleria (For Those in Pain, Inc.): Dennis, can RSI’s be designed out of the workplace?
Dennis Ettare, MA (Biofeedback Associates of California): You can’t design a work place that reduces workload and responsibility but you can train workers the skills needed to minimize the effects of muscle loading. The ultimate solution should be a combination of an ergonomically correct site plus workers trained to reduce muscle loading while they work. The work place was even worse fifteen years ago, as I mentioned today, when people were doing data entry, under worse conditions, and using a mouse 8 hrs a day, yet people were not getting injured as often. The problem, instead of being the work site, has become the increased workload and its associated responsibilities, due to downsizing, as it increases the burden on everyone, including management. As long as we have people who are conscientious and want to do a good job, and are being given more work to do in less time, and are NOT getting trained how to reduce the loading on their body, it’s not going to change. Unfortunately, you
