Workplace Wellness
Exercises To Help With Tendinitis And Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
As a person, whose primary day-job of Software Engineering involves almost exclusively clacking away at the keyboard, I find that words like Carpal Tunnel Syndrome or Wrist-Tendinitis carry special significance. Based on the way a computer-user sits, rests his/her hands and types on a keyboard, these wrist based injuries can be pretty debilitating resulting in [...]
FitBALL Seating Disc: FitnessMantra Product Review
Just got back from a relaxing vacation and after a brief hiatus, it’s time to get back to business! As a person whose primary day-job involves sitting for long hours in front of a computer, I am always looking for ways to enforce proper posture while I sit. A good chair with adjustable lumbar (lower [...]
FitnessMantra Weekend: The WalkStation Adds A Treadmill To Your Workstation
Welcome to “FitnessMantra Weekend”, your once-a-week health news update. As always you can also stay updated with the latest in fitness news by subscribing separately to the Fitness Mantra del.icio.us feed.
Some stories are simply too bizarre and fall under the “you can’t make this up” category. This week’s story about the WalkStation is one such. [...]
Clarian Health Ties Employee Compensation With Health And Fitness Levels
Chalk one up for companies that are making a difference in enforcing Wellness in the Workplace. I wrote about my opinion that wellness should determine health benefits more than a year ago and this week I found out that Clarian is answering this clarion call!
Clarian Health, a large provider of health care services to the [...]
Scotts Miracle-Gro Company: Pioneering Workplace Wellness Programs
When you pick up an issue of BusinessWeek magazine you expect to see news about the latest twists and turns in the stock market, maybe even some good old fashioned corporate corruption. But the cover of the February 26th edition grabbed my attention when I realised it focussed squarely on workplace wellness (just one of [...]
