News and Events

     
 
 

March 13, 2008 -- Dinner presentation for the Association of Administration Professionals. 

        

January 21, 2008 -- "Functional Movement Screen: How to Interpret It." Open Course for PFT's! See brochure for details or e-mail us to register. 8am - 5pm in Boring, OR.

     

December 1-2, 2007 --  "Ergonomics In the Trenches I" A Practical Ergonomics Seminar for for Occupational Therapists and Physical Therapists. Multicare, Tacoma, WA.

         

November 14, 2007 -- Exercise Design & Modification for Postural Deficits & Imbalances + Program Implementation.  Open Course for PFTs! 8am-5pm in Boring, OR. ACE approved course for 0.7 CEC toward recertification.

 
 

Octobter 25-27, 2007 -- IAFF Redmond Symposium. Deborah Read instructed three functional fitness classes.

      

September 25, 2007 -- "Fit To Go! Exercises For The Road!" Presentation for the 1st Annual Trucker Wellness Seminar for the Washington Trucking Assocation, part of the Governor's Industrial Safety and Health Conference. Tacoma, WA.

 

September 12, 2007 -- Deborah Read, President of ErgoFit Consulting received an award for "Service Way Beyond The Call of Duty" from Puget Sound Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

 

September 12-13, 2007 -- Puget Sound Human Factors and Ergonomics Society annual Occupational Ergonomics Symposium. Check it out at www.pshfes.org

     

June Issue, 2007 -- Deborah Read, Founder and President of ErgoFit Consulting, Inc., was recently interviewed by Better Homes & Gardens for an article on good posture --What is it?  What are the risks of poor posture?  How to achieve good posture?  Look for the article to be published this spring or summer! Check it now!

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May 23, 2007 -- "Safer You = Safer Patients" presentation for the WA Health Care Association. Vancouver, WA.

  

May 2, 2007 -- "Preventing Workplace Injuries--Promoting Staff Safety" Presentation for The Home Care Association of Washington, in Lynnwood WA, a 2- part series titled

 

October 12-13, 2006 -- Puget Sound Human Factors and Ergonomics Society annual Occupational Ergonomics Symposium.

 
October 4, 2006 --
Presentation for the Association of Washington Cities annual Healthy Worksite Summit, in Bellevue WA, titled "How Lifestyle Can Influence Occupational Injury and Illness Risk, and What Can be Done About It?" (co-presented with colleague Bruce Coulter).

  

June 16, 2006 -- Interviewed by Beth Ann McBride on CBS Radio in North Carolina, WSJS, for a live radio chat about aches and pains in the office and 4 of my top 5 list of "Most Egregious Ergonomic Crimes".

  
June 2-3, 2006 -- "Ergonomics in the Trenches" continuing education workshop for OT's and PT's, with day one's focus on the office setting, by Janet Peterson, and day two's focus on non-office settings by Deborah Read.


June 1, 2006 -- Interviewed by EWeek, an online magazine, on the topic of office ergonomics. See the article,“The Perils of PC Posture”, at http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1970696,00.asp

  

May 10, 2006 -- "Why is that Kink in my Neck?" office and laboratory ergonomics presentation at the Society of Research Administrator's Western Section 2006 meeting in Portland, OR.

  

March 10, 2006 -- Short Presentation on Home Office ergonomics at SBA's WNET program (Women’s Network for Entrepreneurial Training).

   
       
 

We are based out of Seattle, WA, but do work all over the country.