| Workstation ergonomics is the latest buzzword in | | | | If you have had the experience of getting up from |
| corporate offices, as it is believed to impact favorably | | | | your chair after a sitting over a long period of time and |
| on the worker, enhancing productivity, better spine | | | | feel a sudden short sharp pain at your lower back, you |
| health as well as better bottom line. | | | | are already developing spine ailments. To maintain |
| Workstation ergonomics starts with ergonomically | | | | good spine health, you can do the following. |
| designed chairs as it is the most critical component in | | | | Ergonomic desk chairs are specifically designed to help |
| the requirements. The key reason is that ergonomic | | | | you subtly correct your sitting posture, yet without the |
| desk chairs directly impacts the way we sit or | | | | need for you to exert pressure on key points of your |
| essentially, our posture. The way we sit affects the | | | | spinal cord namely, the neck, upper and lower back. |
| muscles in almost every part of our body and over | | | | The purposes of these ergonomically designed chairs |
| time, they could cause spine ailments. | | | | are to ensure better productivity as well as enhanced |
| Hence, starting with understanding the way we sit and | | | | sitting comfort. |
| correcting bad sitting habits could literally improve our | | | | In fact, for greater lower back or lumbar region |
| spine health. Spending at least 85,000 hours of your | | | | comfort, some even provide added lumber support |
| working time seated at your desk in one life time | | | | pillow for better support to the lower back. These |
| warrants serious review into proper sitting position at | | | | have been proven very useful, more so for those |
| work. | | | | nursing bad backs. |