Do you know how set up your desk?

Do you know how set up your desk?
April 10, 2016 Charlotte Gerner
In Healthy Tips

Here are our top tips on how to set up your desk correctly

  1. Distance to screen approx arm’s length
  2. Top of screen at approx eye level
  3. Screen, doc holders, keyboard centrally aligned
  4. Back rest slightly reclined to 10-20 degrees from vertical
  5. Chair supporting whole of spine
  6. Forearms approx horizontal with shoulders relaxed
  7. Small gap (two finger widths) between back of knee and front of seat base
  8. Knees at approximate right angles and feet supported (preferably on floor)
  • The above principles are flexible to individual variation – we are all slightly different shapes and sizes. Variations in eye sight also influence our position.
  •  Use a mouse that feels comfortable (different shapes and angles for holding these are possible) and keep the mouse within close reach.
  • Footrests are a plan B when a desk is too tall and cannot be adjusted (adjusting desk height to suit you is preferable).
  • Using the desk front to support forearms during keyboarding can help reduce neck tension.

We hope this allows you to feel better, move better and perform better. Contact us to help you with workspace ergonomics, Inhouse Pilates, Occupation specific injury prevention physio seminars and manual handling workshops.

Ergonomics tips for a sitting work station, www.davidhall.net.au, 2013

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