Ergonomic Furniture
In the last decade, we have changed our approach to buying ergonomic furniture for our homes and offices. Today, everything is ergonomically oriented. However, buying just a single chair which provides good posture, balance and less stress on the body is not the adequate. To ensure that musculoskeletal injuries are going to be prevented, one must buy additional furniture components which are also responsible in decreasing stress and work related injury. One classic example is the computer desk.
Once you are seated on an ergonomically designed chair and work with a computer, the height of the chair must be adjusted accordingly. It is important to place the computer monitor at a level where it does not produce stress on the eyes or the hands. The top of the screen should be ideally set just below eye level. When sitting upright, this positioning will not produce any neck, shoulder or eye stress.
Additional measures that can eliminate eye strain include:
- keeping the computer screen clean
- adjusting the screen resolution so one gets clear sharp images
- placing the monitor at an optimal distance from the chair to avoid eye stress
- adjust lighting in the room to avoid glares
- placing a document holder at the same distance as the monitor
For those individuals who wear eye glasses or wear bifocals, tilting of the head may be required periodically. Thus, the ergonomically designed hair and desk must be properly adjusted so that the neck is not stressed. The most important thing to understand is that the furniture must be adjusted to fit your posture and reduce stress on your joints.
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I believe there is a typo in this sentence … it should be “chair” not ergonomically designed “hair”
Thus, the ergonomically designed hair and desk must be properly adjusted so that the neck is not stressed.