Standing can also be bad for you, says scientist studying desk set-up
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Researchers are falling down on the job of figuring out the healthiest way to work.
I guess I'm back to lying down at work then.
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Researchers are falling down on the job of figuring out the healthiest way to work.
I guess I'm back to lying down at work then.
It's really simple: do both - or rather, either, depending on how you feel at any moment. I have a desk that I stand at to work, and also a (high) office chair. SO I stand when I fee like standing, and sit when I feel like sitting. It's hardly rocket science.
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Researchers are falling down on the job of figuring out the healthiest way to work.
I guess I'm back to lying down at work then.
One thing I once read about ergonomics and "the best working position" said that the only meaningful advice is that "the best working position is the next working position". No matter what you think is best now, you will eventually become uncomfortable and you will change to a different position. You need to have options, and it seems to me that a standing desk limits your options more than a sitting desk does. Though, as has been mentioned, a desk that raises and lowers offers even more flexibility. :thumbsup:
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One thing I once read about ergonomics and "the best working position" said that the only meaningful advice is that "the best working position is the next working position". No matter what you think is best now, you will eventually become uncomfortable and you will change to a different position. You need to have options, and it seems to me that a standing desk limits your options more than a sitting desk does. Though, as has been mentioned, a desk that raises and lowers offers even more flexibility. :thumbsup:
> a standing desk limits your options more than a sitting desk does How come? I can stand or sit at my desk (having a high chair as I do) - at a sitting desk I can only sit.
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Researchers are falling down on the job of figuring out the healthiest way to work.
I guess I'm back to lying down at work then.
The real solution is not to stay in one position too long. Every now and then you need to move around the office, get coffee or something. Long periods in one position are the worse thing whether it be sitting or standing.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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> a standing desk limits your options more than a sitting desk does How come? I can stand or sit at my desk (having a high chair as I do) - at a sitting desk I can only sit.
Can you sit, leaned back, with your feet on the high desk? Never kneeled at a low desk?
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It's really simple: do both - or rather, either, depending on how you feel at any moment. I have a desk that I stand at to work, and also a (high) office chair. SO I stand when I fee like standing, and sit when I feel like sitting. It's hardly rocket science.
We have these "standing desks" that have electronic extending legs, so the user can just press a few buttons on the small control panel to raise/lower the desk to a comfortable height.