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Let comfort be your guide, Scan for awkwardness and adjust for comfort - desktop workstations

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1 Let comfort be your guide Scan for awkwardness and adjust for comfort Whenever you use a computer, you make decisions that can affect your comfort, health, safety, and productivity. This is true whether you use a desktop keyboard and monitor in an office, a notebook computer in a college dormitory, a tablet in the kitchen, or a handheld computer at the airport. In every case, you choose your body's position relative to the technology. Whether you are working, studying, or playing, staying in one position for long periods can cause discomfort and fatigue in your muscles and joints. Rather than computing in a single seated posture, move regularly through a range of seated and standing positions, finding your comfort zone in each of them. Many people do not naturally incorporate a standing posture into the range of positions because it is unfamiliar. With practice, however, they realize how much better they feel when they move from sitting to standing throughout the day. RIGHT Upright RIGHT Reclined RIGHT Standing There is no one "right" position that fits all people and all tasks; no one set-up that is comfortable for all body parts. Replace the "set it and forget it" mentality with "scan for awkwardness and adjust for comfort." Understand the connection between your body and the technology, and decide what to move and when. Sometimes you need to change your posture; sometimes you need to adjust the technology; sometimes you need to do both. Scan your body regularly for non-movement, awkward posture, tension, clenching, and shallow breathing. Be especially vigilant when working on difficult, intense tasks or under a tight deadline. Pay particular attention to adjusting your posture in the afternoon when you may tend to get fatigued. Avoid leaning into a posture resembling a turtle, with your neck in an awkward position, your head out of alignment with your spine, and your back unsupported by the chair. Moving through standing and seated postures and breathing deeply is good for your spine, joints, muscles, lungs, and circulatory system. If you don't have a sit-stand workstation, think about standing while talking on the phone or having a walking meeting instead of sitting in a conference room. Bottom line: you can consciously Scan for awkwardness and adjust for comfort 1

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Let comfort be your guide
Scan for awkwardness and adjust for comfort
Whenever you use a computer, you make decisions that can affect your comfort, health, safety, and
productivity. This is true whether you use a desktop keyboard and monitor in an office, a notebook
computer in a college dormitory, a tablet in the kitchen, or a handheld computer at the airport. In
every case, you choose your body’s position relative to the technology.
Whether you are working, studying, or playing, staying in one position for long periods can cause
discomfort and fatigue in your muscles and joints. Rather than computing in a single seated posture,
move regularly through a range of seated and standing positions, finding your comfort zone in each of
them. Many people do not naturally incorporate a standing posture into the range of positions
because it is unfamiliar. With practice, however, they realize how much better they feel when they
move from sitting to standing throughout the day.
RIGHT Upright
RIGHT Reclined
RIGHT Standing
There is no one “right” position that fits all people and all tasks; no one set-up that is comfortable for
all body parts. Replace the “set it and forget it” mentality with “scan for awkwardness and adjust for
comfort.” Understand the connection between your body and the technology, and decide what to
move and when. Sometimes you need to change your posture; sometimes you need to adjust the
technology; sometimes you need to do both.
Scan your body regularly for non-movement, awkward posture, tension, clenching, and shallow
breathing. Be especially vigilant when working on difficult, intense tasks or under a tight deadline. Pay
particular attention to adjusting your posture in the afternoon when you may tend to get fatigued.
Avoid leaning into a posture resembling a turtle, with your neck in an awkward position, your head out
of alignment with your spine, and your back unsupported by the chair. Moving through standing and
seated postures and breathing deeply is good for your spine, joints, muscles, lungs, and circulatory
system. If you don’t have a sit-stand workstation, think about standing while talking on the phone or
having a walking meeting instead of sitting in a conference room. Bottom line: you can consciously
Scan for awkwardness and adjust for comfort
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