Office ergonomics doesn't just have to do with office buildings and other public settings. Home office ergonomics needs to be a consideration as well. Whether working at home full time, or just an hour here or there, making sure the workspace at your home is as healthy as it can be can have a tremendous impact on your health and productivity. Check out these articles to learn more.
With over 40 hours a week spent at our desks, it’s imperative for our health that our desk and workflow setups are ergonomically sound. While your desk, chair, keyboard, and mouse are all essential components of that ergonomic formula, so is the positioning of your body at the desk and the positioning of your computer. […]
Spending forty hours a week or more sitting in your office at a computer can surely take a toll on your body – even more so if you’re not using the appropriate ergonomic office products. Making your office more ergonomic may seem overwhelming, but with the right accessories, you can quickly be on your way […]
With almost the entire national workforce having to work from home the past couple of months (and for the foreseeable future), we’ve all had to be flexible to make balancing work with family life feasible. On top of that balancing act, we’ve had to sacrifice our cushy desk setups with ergonomic chairs, standup desks, and […]
Working from home has been quite a topic of conversation nationwide and for a good reason; companies nationally are requiring employees to work from home during this pandemic and for many, there is no end in sight. We recently covered some tips you can take advantage of to improve your overall work-from-home situation, but in […]
Updated March 17, 2020 If you work in an office, at home or on the road, there are many factors you can control in order to build a healthier work environment that contributes positively to your overall wellness Whether your work-week consists of 40, 50, 60 or even just a few hours at a desk, […]
Go Home to Ergonomics Comfort: Culprits and Solutions Last week, we shone a light on an often ignored issue: Ergonomics in the home environment. It’s not something we tend to think about much. Most likely because we don’t have ergonomists stored in our porch closets, waiting for us to throw open the doors so they […]
Ergonomic Risks at Home Ergonomics is a topic we most often think of within an office setting. But what about in relation to the place we call home? Ergonomic chairs, ergonomic keyboards, ergonomic mice — even ergonomists themselves all seem most relevant between the walls of a cubicle. But the role good ergonomics has to […]
While each are certainly unique creatures, there’s one thing you’ll find in common amongst the world’s best company wellness programs: they tend to stem from big corporations with even bigger budgets. This is all well and good. But not if you own your own business or otherwise work from home. It’s not exactly like you […]
We see you there, checking your email from the comfort of your couch. Don’t think we don’t see you, slouched down into that comfy cushion, back arched into a question mark, legs propped up on the coffee table, knees locked into place, eyes drooping. We have two things to say to you: 1) You, reader, […]
Imagine waking up at 8:55AM, switching on your computer, and being at work by 9. Or how about taking a coffee break at 9:30 without having to explain yourself, or having the flexibility to leave at 3 to catch your child’s dance recital and resume again at 7? None of these things are outlandish — […]
