9 tips on ergonomics of your workplace

If you have the evening aching neck, sore wrist pinch nerves, you feel that your place is not true is arranged, tiring work has not yet begun, then this post is for you. In it, we tell you how to make the workplace is not only convenient, but also non-hazardous to health and life.

1. Raise your notebook to eye level

If you are working on a daily basis on the laptop for a long time, you should have noticed that the neck letting you know that it is not good. At least 8 hours a day to look below eye level - a real torture for the spine and neck muscles. Buy or make yourself stand under the laptop and lift it up to eye level. Straighten finally!

2. If possible, use the "stand-up" table

There are tables where you can not only work while sitting, but standing. The combination of body position throughout the working day will be fresh and cheerful.

3. rest more

Do you ship your neck, back and waist for 8-18 hours a day, and sometimes more. And many allocate 4-6 hours to rest. Increase your sleep time and let your body relax!

4. Buy a good mouse and keyboard

Note the ergonomic model mice and keyboards. No need to buy the latest model of fashionable mouse from Apple and suffer from a disease of the wrist. Choose a comfortable mouse, such as the MX Revolution, and a keyboard, for example models from Microsoft, and understand that the white color, which is so like your Mac, do not like your joints.

5. Sitting in front of the computer correctly

Forbid yourself to work on the couch and in bed. Buy a chair with adjustable height and tilt with support for back and head. The monitor should be level with the eyes. The mouse and keyboard should bvt at such a level that the elbows are at an angle of 90˚.

6. Prevent carpal tunnel syndrome

More about this disease warriors keyboards and mice, see the WikipediaAnd to prevent it can be simple exercises:

7. Plan your workplace on Science

Web application Workspace Planner It helps you perfectly adjust the settings on your desktop.

8. Use a program-controllers

You are too fond of the work and do not notice how flying hours sitting motionless at the table? Then, set the time for the monitoring of the program of work and rest. For Macs - it AntiRSI and TimeoutAnd for PC - Workrave (our article about the program).

9. Protect your eyes

Buy a good monitor, enable font smoothing, increase their size, use a contrasting design, do exercises for the eyes. There is a special program for Windows users EyeDefender, Which organizes the break and suggest exercises for the eyes.

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