Myopace and Health & Safety

To remain healthy, muscles need a chance to relax and recover during activity. In most forms of activity this happens naturally as different muscles are contracted and relaxed throughout the activity. Unfortunately modern life has introduced many situations where we often maintain a fixed position for extended periods of time. This often reduces the opportunity for muscles to relax and recover. We are often distracted by TV, computers, driving, reading, talking on the telephone, or become so focused on our work, that we don't notice when our muscles are becoming fatigued. As a result muscles don't get a chance to recover, leading to pain and eventually even injury.

Poor ergonomics, poor work habits, and stress can all lead to excessive or prolonged muscle tension. To remain healthy we need to reduce tension resulting from poor ergonomics or posture, improve our work habits to include more breaks and movement, and learn to relax!

MyoPace can help:

	Demonstrate MyoPace provides tangible demonstrations of the effectiveness of positive ergonomics.
	Understand MyoPace allows users to explore and understand the effects and importance of their ergonomic environment and work habits.
	Learn practical techniques MyoPace enables users to learn practical and effective techniques to minimise tension during their daily activity.
	Improve work habits MyoPace micropauses and excessive tension warnings warn users of poor work habits and ergonomics. Users can then improve their work habits to minimise warnings. Once good habits are established studies show that the benefits remain long after training has ended.
	Document improvements MyoPace Chart allows recording of daily activity to assess and document improvements in tension levels, break frequency and relaxation.
	Relax MyoPace biofeedback can help users learn effective relaxation skills. Relaxation allows muscles to recover from activity, and helps reduce stress. Effective relaxation is essential to get the maximum benefit from micropauses.
	Prevent Injury MyoPace monitoring reminds users to relax or take a micropause during daily activity to help avoid the prolonged tension that can lead to injury.

MyoPace helps users develop their own positive ergonomics and work habits, and reminds them when they need to relax.