Health & Safety
Back Injuries
Yes, it is true that most of stuff we all use nowadays is getting smaller
and smaller - and therefore lighter and lighter. Who would have thought
even 15 years ago that a multi track digital system could be portable or
that a grand piano could, in effect, be hidden in a tiny sound module box.
So the days of having to shift the piano into the 'live' area are rapidly
declining but there are many items that are surprisingly heavy and unwieldy
and which could easily contribute to aggravating existing back injuries
or triggering new ones. Think of the massive video monitors we use for digital
audio editing or sequence manipulation - these are very heavy and very awkward
and should always be treated with great respect.
Another contributory factor to studio workers' health is the fact that we
are usually sitting on office-style chairs for most of our long working
days and this encourages those of us who are not supremely disciplined about
our posture into lazy and stress-making sitting positions. One answer that
has proved a winner in many office situations is introducing those strange
looking chairs that don't have a back, where your legs tuck under your knees.
These have the effect of forcing the sitter into a comfortable, non-stressful
posture which enables hours of pain-free keyboard bashing and knob-twiddling!
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