Find Your Correct Ergonomic Posture While Working On A Computer
Computer posture is important. You will probably spend many hours sitting at your PC and how you do this will have implications on your health as well as your productivity.
Some of the symptoms of incorrect seating posture in front of your computer are :
- Neck pain
- Lower back pain
- Headaches
- Burning sensation between your shoulder blades
- Digestive problems, and
- Eye strain.
So while buying office furniture, it is very important to give enough thought to correct ergonomics. Investing in an ergonomic office chair and an ergonomic desk will go a long way in increasing your personal wellbeing.
Correct Sitting Posture
The correct sitting posture should involve four parameters namely -
- Sitting eye height – Distance of your eyes from the ground.
- Sitting elbow height – Distance of your elbows from the ground while typing on the computer keyboard.
- Seat height, and
- Distance of eyes from the computer screen.
There is a very useful online tool called the Workspace planner which will help you compute all the above parameters based on your height.
What you do is just input your height in cms or inches / feet and this workspace planner tool will provide the correct values for your office furniture in relation to your height. The values displayed will help you place your equipment for best ergonomic comfort.
Ergonomic values for my height of 173 cm is shown in the following screen capture.
My optimum values for an ergonomic workspace
Check out the online tool and find the values for a correct ergonomic posture based on your height.
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As one who has used this planner to transform my work office, I recommed it. I found that my chair height, and the arms of my chair, were way off. Just a few simple adjustments and my back is feeling MUCH better.