Working from home can be hazardous to yourhealth.

That’s according to a report from WorldatWork, which cites a Bupa UK poll to which51 percent of respondents say they have work-related injuries thatrange from aches and pains to neck and back problems and otherinjuries.

According to Bupa UK, a Great Britain-based international healthcare group, some of the causes of these injuries include lack of adedicated work area at home — with 25 percent of remote workers saying that that’s a problem —working hunched over, to which 50 percent admit, and working on abed or sofa instead of in a chair at a desk; 40 percent say they’reguilty of doing so.

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