Remote Consultations Now Available: 

• Medical Ergonomics now offers virtual ergonomic consultations (via phone or video conferencing) to faculty and staff working from home. On-site consultations are also available for employees who are working on-site. Contact [email protected] or (734) 763-0852.    
• Our Self Help Resources are also available to help you while at work or home.

U-M Providers of Ergonomic Services and Who to Call with Questions and Concerns

For faculty and staff NOT under a doctor’s care for an ergonomic issue:

• Contact your campus’ program for Injury Prevention and Departmental Interventions
  • Ann Arbor: Environment, Health & Safety
  • Dearborn: Environmental Health and Safety 
  • Flint: Environment, Health and Safety
• UMHHC Injury Prevention and Departmental Interventions (available to U-M hospitals and health centers only)
  • Safety Management Services

For faculty and staff under a doctor’s care for an ergonomic issue:

• Medical Ergonomics Program
• Change in Ability to Work
• Medical Ergonomics Referral Form

Other U-M Resources 

• Center for Ergonomics, U-M College of Engineering
• Occupational Health Service
• Knox Center Adaptive Computing Site
• Patient Education Websites
• Property Disposition
• Equity, Civil Rights, and Title IX Office
• Work~Connections
• U-M Faculty and Staff Counseling and Consultation Office (FASCCO)
• Michigan Medicine Office of Counseling & Workplace Resilience

External Ergonomic Resources

Information Resources

• Cornell University Ergonomics
• NIOSH Ergonomics
• OSHA Ergonomics
• University of California Ergonomics

Stretching Resources

• MHealthy Stretches Fact Sheet
• For online stretching and workstation set-up recommendations, visit the National Institutes of Health, Division of Occupational Health and Safety (DOHS) website
• For online stretches, visit the University of Virginia website
• MHealthy Physical Activity Resources
• Healthwise Osteoarthritis Stretching
• Arthritis Foundation Stretches, Videos, Photos

Medical or Disability Resources

• Americans with Disabilities Act
• Job Accommodation Network and ADA information
• Microsoft Accessibility site
• For those with a medical diagnosis, please refer to the appropriate associations that may offer helpful advice, such as the Arthritis Foundation