Ergonomics knowledge
What is the key to a healthy work style?
The most crucial answer is: The alternation in posture between standing and sitting – the stand-sit-dynamics. Exactly this is the profession of officeplus.
Stop long sitting periods!
The use of personal computers has changed the way of office work considerably. Keyboard and screen force the user into a static posture: stiffly seated at the desk with a rather fixed vision.
Scientific studies regarding health consequences of long sitting periods prove a direct correlation between long sitting periods and health damages, ranging from tenseness to severe muskolosceletal disorders.
The unhealthy facts
- Workers spend 55.000 hours in sitting during their professional life
- Back diseases rose about 3.000 % in the last ten years
- Back diseases are the main cause for sick leave at work nowadays
Possible consequences of long sitting periods in combination with a lack of exercise are:
- Neck and back tenseness
- A lower performance / a lack of performance
- Tiredness and a lack of concentration
The solution: Stand-sit-dynamics, the future work style
Health experts recommend to spend at maximum half (50 %) of the working time in sitting, a quarter (25 %) in standing and the rest (25 %) in movement. Further, an alternation in posture between sitting and standing 2-4 times per hour is crucial.
Stand-sit-dynamics means:
- 2 to 4 alternations in posture per hour
- several short standing periods
- keep standing periods below 20 minutes
- avoid static standing
The benefits of practising the stand-sit-dynamics:
- lees back pain and tenseness
- reduces a lack in performance
- raises motivation and the confidence with work
- helps to feel overall better
- makes you fit and active
- supports accident prevention at work
