New look at the spine.

For every five people who read this article, four of them will do it with back pain. And there's not a lot ergonomics can do to stop it.

In a perfect world, nothing would have to be lifted at the workplace, no strain from lifting would ever be placed on a worker's back and back-related worker's comp claims just wouldn't have to exist. But this is anything but a perfect world

Experts agree: without a good night's sleep, productivity and accuracy suffer. So what happens when the way a person sleeps becomes a source of pain?

Does lifting work? A patient's perspective.

Manual Material Handling--A Little Planning Lightens the Load. By Phil Jacobs, CPE, CSP

Ergoweb Answers: sit-stand workstations

Readers of The Ergonomics ReportTM respond to the questions about lifting in the workplace.