Laptops – causing irreversible damage to workers’ health

Laptops are causing problems to spines, necks and shoulders because of poor posture when using them in the workplace.

Back specialists claim that as many as four in five patients have chronic nerve damage caused by working on laptops.

Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) represent a growing occupational health risk. MSDs include neck ache from having the monitor either too far away or too close, shoulder pains, wrist pains, thumb pains and lower back pain. Eyesight can be affected and headache... (175 more words)

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