Pain is killing life

The next posture is the best

Motion is what keeps us in good shape and health

A short introduction to the topics around the home office and company office, sedentary posture, health, pain, tools, accessories, behaviour, and further links on the subject. Simple information for those interested.

By Juergen Thorwald

Contents - Sitting longer, dye earlier - Touch is ten times stronger than verbal or emotional contact - Comfortable, sedentary working - The Power of Good Posture - Posture correction - The Four Components of Postural Ergonomics - We are not born for static load work - Home office versus your work place in the company - Working from home office is increasing the risk - The good chair makes finally the difference - Industrial Standards - Active end-user protection - Behaviour and self-care - Self-care starts with understanding the interdependences - Two requirements for selecting your chair - Recommendations for a good equipment - Reorganise working process

Sitting longer, dye earlier Working in a seating posture can be a source of severe health issues.

A recent study conducted at King’s College London suggests that “daily morning exercise alone may not help you ward off the ill-effects of sitting for long hours.”

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, US share that for those suffering from obesity, reducing the time spent on watching television or playing computer games may be as important as doing exercise to reduce the risk of diabetes and heart diseases.

The study was published online in the journal Preventive Medicine https://food.ndtv.com/ health/cutting-down-on-siting-time-can-curbheart-disease-risk-in-obese-people-1265336

With the experience of a full day working in front of the screen, we know how it feels. Pain can make us paralyzed; our brain is working without results; all our life energy is gone, a scenario which is not phantasy’s.

“What I hear from patients is that it’s not just that it hurts, but that the pain takes you away from things that matter to you - the things that are meaningful to you,” Sturgeon recently said.

The lack of joy will affect our relations in general and reduce life quality. We are in risk isolating our self from friends and colleagues.

To be in touch is what we need for well-being.

Touch is ten times stronger than verbal or emotional contact Touch for socio-emotional and physical well-being: A review Tiffany Field Touch Research Institute, University of Miami, School of Medicine, P.O. Box 016820, Miami, FL 33101, United States, Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, CA 93105, United States

Comfortable, sedentary working With joy and achievement is the concept we need to find and make it a habit. There is no need for suffering and use painkillers when working in a healthy seating posture at home, office or factory.

The Power of Good Posture Good posture not only helps you maintain a healthy spine and avoid injuries, but there’s even evidence that it can improve your mood. Aligning your spine means that you’re using your muscles properly, which reduces stress on your bones and joints.

Laura Deon, MD, is a pediatric rehabilitation medicine specialist at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. https://www.rush.edu/health-wellness/discover-health/power-good-posture

Posture correction Watching professionals exercising sport; we can learn two facts; first body posture is improving through training second body posture of trained bodies is better as of no educated.

Regular training is changing habits and make us more active in building the correct body posture.

Best performance needs the best posture.

“Posture is the structural framework of your body. Proper postural design is associated with health and optimal human function.

Slouched posture is associated with weakness, poor physical conditions, decreased confidence, and deficits of neurological function.” https://americanpostureinstitute.com/top-7posture-research-studies-of-2016/

The Four Components of Postural Ergonomics Functional: The functional component focuses on human functional movements within the worker’s workspace.

Brain-Based: The Brain-Based component is to improve neurological output and cognition within the workplace.

Postural: The Postural component is the worker’s postural design within their workspace and their ability to prevent postural collapse.

Environmental: The environmental component is the final component that focuses on the worker’s actual workspace, what equipment they have, and how beneficial that equipment is for their body. https://americanpostureinstitute.com/outdated-ergonomic-education-has-failed-you/

We can find more examples where people focus on there posture, to avoid getting hurt , ballet, yoga, gymnastic, running,

walking, swimming, cycling etc. have more health benefit compared to seating behind a screen or even worse working with a laptop.

We are not born for static load work Dynamic moving around using our muscles in motion is what keeps us in well-being.

However, the number of people working with a computer laptop is still increasing; for that, we have to optimise the conditions using the accessories available and changing our behaviour at the workplace.

Working with a laptop means we can work everywhere we like.

Whether it is indoor or outdoor since the batteries offering sufficient power, working from where we want is without limitation. If we do so for five minutes no problem but for a whole working day we need preparation for our workplace.

The geometry of a laptop, the size and positioning of the screen are in contradiction to an enduring body posture for a long working day. If you want to transform your laptop-computer into a wholesome workstation, additional elements are necessary.

The screen needs a lift, and a turn into the right position, as shown left in the pictogram. The added keyboard enables the work in a balanced upright posture with the benefit of avoiding permanent static muscle tensions in the neck and lower back.

The decision whether you need a solution for long time deep work is up to you. On the end of the day your well-being will answer if you need some changes the way you work or not.

Home office versus your work place in the company There are no different requirements, when we consider work posture during sitting, how we achieve and keep supporting.

The difference is the place of action, the office environment versus the home environment. Your body remains the same

Working from home office is increasing the risk The simple reason your company hand over a laptop for you and want you to work from home. That is what happens since covid19 crisis started. However, as we have learned that is not enough if you have a table with the correct size and height, you need to add the accessories as descript before to get your laptop into an acceptable working position.

The good chair makes finally the difference Companies, employers are responsible for the health of the employees; for that reason, workplaces shall follow defined standards.

ISO, BS, DIN ANSI etc. In the rules are dimensions, minimum workspace, material requirements, test methods, safety issues, clearly described. It means those rules will protect your health at work.

At home, comparably reasonable equipment is not available and the conditions are different.

In countries, without a law for protecting the employees, you will not even find the minimum standards in professional offices.

For that reason, following reliable rules when taking buying decisions will keep you and your employee safe.

For chairs it is important you chose one made according to EN 1335 and ANSI BIFMA X5.1: 2017-02 with an independent laboratory certification. https://www.tuv.com/world/en https://www.bifma.org/

Industrial Standards The concept of industrial quality rules is in praxis since 1901 BS in Great Britain, followed by DIN Germany in 1917 and one year later 1918 ANSI in the USA. Still today, thousands of engineers, institutions as well as end-users working together improving products and services, and defining of new areas where standards shall make life and use of products and services more accessible and buying decisions more fact-driven. Only products with a specified standard can be objective compared without strip off and dismantle.

Durability test https://iba.online/en/raeume-planen/regulations/product-standards/

Active end-user protection User ergonomics starts with the design process. Parallel within the engineering phase, testing the product with the standardisation institutes will lead to excellent performing products. Products made for a purpose and lasting time expected. For office swivel chairs it means a minimum lifetime of 10 years.

The tests are simulating the using period of ten years.

Durability test armrest

The EN 1335 standard will test the durability of the chair in a five step process with only one test chair allowed.

With load of up to 150 kg and in total over all the five steps 260,000 cycles the test shall be executed.

If we assume 8 hours working time, 265 days per year, each day 100 changes from forward to backward position, it will be about 10 years of use.

Designed according to Standard is your guarantee for a proper long-term use.

Flip over test

Screen distance versus screen size

Behaviour and self-care More often used terms as ever before the pandemic. Since covid19 forced so many people working from the home office, it is more important to spend some time and to learn about the facts and to design your workplace at home in the right way.

Self-care starts with understanding the interdependences we have to look at Seating, watching, typing, listening, chair, desk screen, keyboard, mouse, light, reflection, noise, temperature. All of the mentioned elements need to work in harmony, supporting your posture, your health at work.

The way you are sitting you are working. Selecting the right chair is crucial and should be done considering minimum two points in addition to the aesthetics.

Two requirements for selecting your chair One the chair shall be certified and passed EN 1335 and ANSI BIFMA standards.

Second the motion of seat, backrest shall be synchronous with your movement.

When you move backwards and forward, you should feel balanced support in harmony with your body. The kinematic of the chair shall support your freedom of moving as you like but at the same time help your body for a long sitting workday.

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Depending on preferences, you choose without, fixed or adjustable armrest.

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Recommendations for a good equipment If you check your mails at home from time to time, you can do so safely on the sofa or at the kitchen table. But if you work at home more often and need other documents in addition to your laptop, you should make sure you have the right equipment.

https://iba.online/en/designing-rooms/homeoffice/

Reorganise working process And changing working behaviour, start placing accessories away from reaching when sitting, standing up, breaking the routine of sitting for all day, adding walking and standing, will make a big difference for well-being.

The next posture is the best.

Motion is what keeps us in good shape and health.

If you like to get more information or you have any question, you are welcome, contacting j.thorwald@mutual-industries.com

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