Varying Your Position is the Most Important Rule to Be Comfortable at Work!

My 19-year old daughter this weekend told me she was one day late paying her Visa bill.  She has only recently gotten a Visa card and is in the learning stages of having to pay her own bills.  This is the second month in a row she is late paying it!!!  YIKES!!!  She said “it’s so stupid that we can’t pay it early, that we have to pay it on a certain date, because then I don’t remember”!!!  WOW!!!  When I told her she can pay it as soon as she gets the bill, she was overjoyed.  We both laughed and said it was a learning experience for her.  But that’s just her.  She’s a very rule-driven person – follows rules well and doesn’t necessarily question them.

Many of us are looking for the rules on how to get comfortable at work.  We’ve read and been told that the 90-90-90 rule is the answer.  Feet flat on the floor, hips bent at 90-degrees, knees bent at 90-degrees, elbows bent at 90-degrees and back straight.  And then our furniture doesn’t allow it, doesn’t support us in this position and we feel like failures.  We’ve broken the rules and are certain the only solution is new equipment.

So we fight it and end up sitting hunched over our desks, bodies slumped, heads propped in our hands to fight the muscle fatigue.  Or we think standing up to work is the right rule and then we realize it is too tiring to stand for hours at a time and we rarely use the stand-up desk again.

It is important to use your furniture correctly but it also important to alter that position regularly.  There is no hard and fast rule to ensure comfort in your workstation.  You should ensure you have furniture that fits you and ensure you know how to use it.  Then follow only one simple rule … “The Next Position is the Best Position!!!”  Slump, slouch, recline, stand up, walk around, and sit perfectly straight…  This will help make you the most comfortable you can be when you are working.

If you’d like some tips on how to achieve the best positions for you, please contact us.  Or see our list of services that can help educate you on how to use your equipment to the best of your ability!