Jon Abbot leads our US Ergonomics Forum 2016 with his opening talk on the leading statistics from the world of health and safety concerning how the next generation of workers will bring their prevailing health problems right to the workplace. With mobile device use increasing, children and young people will bring to the workplace growing levels of back pain and neck pain linked directly to the way they currently use mobile devices and new technology Head to our website to learn how our technology can help to stem the tide against this ergonomics tsunami: http://www.cardinus.com/

2. Jon Abbott Ryan PaveyBill Pace
Your
speakers
Lee Huber Anthony Phillips Ann Hall Dr. Romina
Ghassemi

3. Your future
employees.

4. Back pain
High
prevalence
amongst
school
children
50% of 14
year olds
4x more
likely to
experience
back pain as
an adult
Behavior
develops at
elementary
school
Understanding
the problem.

5. Did you
know?
45 million
Americans
experience
chronic
headaches
23 million
(ages 12 or
over)
67 million
Americans
likely to be
diagnosed
with arthritis
by 2030
27 million
Americans
suffer from
osteoarthritis
Understanding
the problem.

6. Small peoples’ feet don’t touch the ground.Tall people get used to stooping.At home we use couches, recliners, etc.

7. Back/neck
pain in
elementary
school
children
In the past year In the past week

8. Back/neck
pain in
secondary
school
children
In the past year In the past week

9. The x-ray evidence.

10. What isWhat isWhat isWhat is
normalnormalnormalnormal
pppposture?osture?osture?osture?
Lateral:
Ear Lobe
Shoulder
Elbow
Hip
Posterior knee
Ankle.
P 2A: Balance Rt & Lt:
Head
Shoulder
Elbow and Waist
Hands & Legs
Ankles & Feet

11. What isWhat isWhat isWhat is
normalnormalnormalnormal
pppposture?osture?osture?osture?

12. Bella grew up to be a beautiful
young woman.
She is academically talented,
not a great fan of sports, large
cover-ups or skinny jeans.
Bella suffers occasional headaches and
frequent neck pain.
Then last summer by the pool her father said…

13. Identification/detection: assessment and posture score.Correction: awareness and proactivity.Prevention: Knowledge is Power. Healthy Family Project.

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normalnormalnormalnormal
pppposture?osture?osture?osture?

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17. Back and Neck Pain StatisticsBack and Neck Pain StatisticsBack and Neck Pain StatisticsBack and Neck Pain Statistics
According to the KaiserAccording to the KaiserAccording to the KaiserAccording to the Kaiser
Family FoundationFamily FoundationFamily FoundationFamily Foundation
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average ofaverage ofaverage ofaverage of 7.5 hours per day7.5 hours per day7.5 hours per day7.5 hours per day
using "entertainment media"using "entertainment media"using "entertainment media"using "entertainment media"
every day.every day.every day.every day.

18. Ergo4students.com: free resources for parents, schools
and organizations.