The pattern of the human body is an amazing and often times taken for granted accomplishment of muscular coordination, blood flow and synapse communication. Most of those patterns we take for granted are small miracles of physical collaboration for which most of us have little of the necessary education to understand or fully appreciate. The mechanization of society has decreased many of the physical activities that used to be associated with a day of work (even typing has become less strenuous on the fingers!) but despite this, other strains have emerged that have to do with repetitive action and the modern tendency to not move for long periods of time.
Repetitive strain injuries are an alarming problem in our increasingly mechanized society. The study of ergonomics is as important as ever. Many companies have created ergonomic office furniture to increase the comfort of office workers. Many of these products, however, are unregulated by a centralized system and can therefore make the claim ergonomic without referring to any standardized or centralized concept of what that claim actually means in relation to the product. Also, many customers do not know how to properly...