Oakville Chiropractor: Best Computer Posture and Ergonomics
Our Oakville chiropractor says correct computer posture is difficult to achieve. The human body was not meant to sit at a computer for 7-10 hours per day. Doing so makes maintaining proper posture a real challenge. Our Oakville Chiropractor estimates 75% of patients at the clinic work at a computer for at least 7.5 hours a day. Most of them start the work day with proper posture only to falter later in the day. This improper posture is killing our backs, causing neck pain, headaches, shoulder pain, tennis elbow, carpal tunnel and numbness / tingling.
Most important variables for correct computer posture and ergonomics…
Oakville Chiropractic Computer Posture and ergonomics
- Use your arm rests. They should just slide under your keyboard so that your wrists stay neutral and your shoulders are not hunched.
- If you use multiple monitors, display them on top of each other, and not side by side. This way you are not forced to look left or right, but up and down, which your seat can be adjusted for.
- Do not sit cross-legged. Keep both of your feet on the ground.
- Keep your monitor at about eye level.
- Finally make sure to get up every 25 minutes and move.
Working from home in Oakville on a laptop during COVID-19?
Lift the laptop onto a box or a phone book ;). Get yourself a stand-alone mouse and keyboard from amazon and now you have a work station. Posture and ergonomics are so important for computer work! Do not get stuck looking down at your coffee table from your couch or sitting hunched over in bed on Zoom meetings! During the Covid outbreak Dr. Steve and Dr. Jenn have been seeing an alarming number of computer related injuries. Posture can cause neck and upper back pain that lead to headaches, low back pain from bad posture, and even an increase in tennis elbow from patients using the touch pad and not the mouse.
How to set your laptop up for proper ergonomics!
Set your workstation up like Dr. Jenn if you do not have a proper stand alone computer.
If you would like more information on computer posture or would like help achieving better posture in general, please contact your local chiropractor at 905-827-4197.