Excellently ergonomic – Wiha tools recommended by doctors and therapists
We are health pioneers! We are the first hand tool manufacturer in the world to have been awarded a seal which confirms the effectiveness and benefits of our ergonomic screwdriver handle size concept.
Tested and recommended by the forum: Gesunder Rücken - besser leben e.V. and the Federal Association of German Back Schools (BdR). More information from: www.agr-ev.de
Ergonomic hand tools allow performing the same work with less force, less pressure and friction on tendons and joints. When looking at an entire working life, the choice of the tool for the many different applications make a big difference for the health. This is not only easier on the hands, but the entire arm-shoulder-spine region. The result is efficient and energy-saving working.
Ergonomic tools from Wiha
Our ergonomic handle size concepts provide relief, save energy and its right here where they come into play
The formula: “Less force” + “more correct stimulus” of the motion system as a whole thanks to the use of our hand tools = “more health”.
Of course, many different factors and influences affect the very broad subject of health and especially “back health”. Most notably psychological aspects, such as stress or anxieties, may play a significant role. In the world of work additional psycho-social factors, such as esteem, social support or empathy, have a considerable influence on the emergence of back pains. There are several approaches to therapy, usually tailored to the possible individual causes. A interaction of various measures and “getting to grips with the root of the evil” are often the only options of achieving long-term success and improvements.
Our AGR-approved Wiha handle size concepts for screwdrivers contributes considerably to the preservation or improvement of health at their own very unique level; a level which is new around the world and has previously been largely underestimated.
The concept of the correct “turn” is based on the development of small handles, adapted ideally to the hand, for precision and control and large handles for powerful screwing, and the soft and hard zones which are integrated into the handle. This ergonomic system, implemented with a concept of four screwdriver handle sizes and lengths which are optimised for the respective screwing cases or working tasks, helps users to reduce or even completely prevent complaints in the musculoskeletal system and pains in the joints and muscles. The Inomic® pliers handle ergonomics system, with a specially angled head, the ergonomic shape of the pliers and resultant hand positioning during use, is equally aimed at relieving the hand-arm system.
Of course, further aspects and principles of back health which go beyond the subject of “ergonomic tools” also have to be observed and applied. “Back-friendly work postures”, the “avoidance of repetitious work postures”, the “significance of general, physical activity” and the “correlation of psyche/stress and back pain” are just a few examples and factors which should be taken into account within the scope of preventive health measures. We are convinced that a positive effect on health can only be achieved if the person, the tool and the working task are all comprehensively harmonised to each other.