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Best desk for Office and WFH – Is Standing Desk Really Good for You?
"Sitting is the new smoking" says Dr Dillner from Health & Wellbeing, as a study showed that compare to people who are more active, those spending a long time sitting has proven to be much higher on risk of
- Diabetes
- Cardiovascular events
- Obesity
- Is sitting at your desk all day long really unhealthy? – and the answer seems to be obvious.
- If not, how can we get it fixed as my job does require me in front of computer all day.
From this article, we will talk you through about those questions and provide you with simple solutions.
Why you should not sit for long periods
Human body are built to stand upright, when you sit, you use less energy than you do when you are active. Research has shown that sitting for long periods of time would cause many health problems such as increased blood pressures, high blood sugar, excess body fat accumulated around waist etc. Overall, researchers seem indicated the fact that less sitting and more moving would contribute a better health.
Heath guidelines suggest we should exercise 150mins or more in a week, the reality is many of us are doing a job require to be sit in front of computer all day, then how could we fix this issue? Fortunately, there is a very simple solution – use a standing desk.
What is a standing desk
Unlike traditional office desks that are all designed at the very similar height, these standing desks allow you to work while standing rather than sitting in a chair as what we do during the past decades. Many modern versions of standing desk are adjustable so that you can change your work position from sitting to standing easily in a few seconds. Instead of sitting all day staring at computer screen, if we can perform work standing, it would be surely burning more calories than just sitting, but is it real that a standing desk can help you to improve your health conditions?
The pros and cons of standing desks
Using standing desk can lower the risk of obesity – As we all know, weight gain is due to taking more calories than what we burn on each day, standing instead of sitting can be contribute to it. Research shows that following one afternoon sitting work compare with same work performed standing, work standing was burned 174 kcal more calories than sitting, which is 870 extra calories burned each week from simply change your position from sitting to standing. The extra calories burns would surely beneficial not mention that the same research also shows work standing will reduce blood sugar level and the lower the risk of heart dieses
Using standing desk eases back pain – Sitting for long period will result in tighten muscles that may impact your back, that’s why a lot of office workers that suffering from sour shoulders and back pain. Using a standing desk would help to change your position frequently to help relax of your muscle to reduce back pain. Using standing desk to improve productivity – A study shows a result of 45% productivity increase comparing with standing and sitting position while working and appear to have positive impact to mood and energy levels according to Nicolaas P Pronk, a researcher focusing on improving worker health.
Is the goal to stay on your feet all day?
No, that’s not what you should do, neither a standing desk was designed for this.
Different people do need to adjust the ratio of standing and sitting while working to make sure your body in the best practice. Some people cannot even stand for over 10 mins before they start to feel tired or pain while the others may able to comfortably standing for 45mins to an hour.
Hence, most of the standing desk now are featured with electric motor to be able to adjust the height of the standing desk in an easy and efficient way, to ensure you switch your working position smoothly.
Is height adjustable is a must for standing desk?
The traditional design of computer desk is to make sure 90- 90-90 degrees between your knees, pelvis, and elbows however, not every people feel best sitting in this way. The same thing applies to standing desk as well as there is no one-size fits all thing in the world.
The important thing to consider when using a standing desk is to listen to your body, what feels comfortable and what doesn’t. You may find lower your elbow and monitor while you standing make your feel more comfortable or you may want to keep your monitor at your eye level to reduce the pressure to your neck, that makes easy height adjustable necessary for standing desk.
If you are going to standing by your desk…
Keep in mind that your body need transaction period to get use to a standing desk, instead of standing for too long, we better start short and easy such as we sit for half hour to an hour then Stand for ten to fifteen minutes and then slightly increases it.
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