Ergonomics in the Workplace
Rooms – no matter where – bombard us with lots of different sensations. They can stimulate us positively, but also inhibit us or even make us ill.
Ergonomics in the Workplace
Rooms – no matter where – bombard us with lots of different sensations. They can stimulate us positively, but also inhibit us or even make us ill.
Did you know that around 400,000 pieces of information blitz our sensory organs every second?
The eyes, nose, ears and skin work very hard! And the limbic system in the brain, which influences our emotions and intuitive decision-making processes, runs at full pelt. We take in many of these stimuli unconsciously, but they still influence how we feel and behave.
Anyone who designs rooms nowadays therefore has to include the human sensory system in their thinking and set out to address them. Health-oriented room concepts set great store by natural daylight, relaxing acoustics, a comfortable temperature and attractive materials. This enhances the mood and the performance of the staff. Stimulation of the musculature and motor system and the sense of balance is just as important. We at VS bring it all together
Training for all Senses
People have specific sensory organs that are located in the inner ear (sense of balance) and in the muscles, tendons and joints. Like ‘eyes’, these sensors monitor the interior of the body and register the smallest changes; they also have a stimulating effect on our brains.
The only way this vestibular-proprioceptive sensory system stays fit and keeps our nerve cells on the go is if it is stimulated. The sense of balance and the muscle and motion sensors need a regular change of position – just like our eyes need daylight and our noses need fresh air.