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New Trends In Office Furniture

Do the terms worker's fatigue, repetitive stress injury, and carpal tunnel syndrome mean anything to you? If you work in any kind of office setting today, you have no doubt heard of these conditions, which more and more office employees are suffering from today. If you work all day in front of a computer or sitting behind a desk, you might even be experiencing one of these conditions without realizing it! Nowadays, office employees are also seeking medical attention for blurred vision, weary eyes, leg muscle stiffness, upper and lower back pain, strained shoulders and neck, and more.

What is the cause linking all of these problems together? According to recent health reports, two undisputable causes have been identified. The first is the fact that over 80% of the American workforce spends their workdays in sedentary positions, with shifts lasting as long as 8-10 hours without any significant stretching or moving about. Secondly, most office furniture has traditionally not been designed with the health of the human body in mind. As a result, the body is not properly aligned while sitting, the upper and lower back are not supported, and workers often have to perform in cramped or awkward positions. Furthermore, at the end of the day there is a ripple effect, hurting more than just the average employee. Businesses suffer as well as overall productivity levels fall, worker satisfaction decreases, and employee absenteeism due to ill health rises.

Responding to the growing needs of office workers and to the near epidemic of office-related injuries over the last two decades, furniture manufacturers have come up with a solution and it goes by the name of ergonomic products. This new wave of office furniture is specifically designed to create a better fit between the human body and its physical environment. Hence the outstanding feature of these new designs is the element of adjustability, meaning each piece of furniture can be tweaked to suit the physique of each user. No matter how tall, short, thin, fat, or wide you are, you will feel as if the chair you are sitting in or the desk you are writing on was custom made for you.

You can adjust the height of your chair, allowing your feet to rest flat on the floor without dangling, a key aspect of healthy sitting posture. All ergonomic chairs provide essential lumbar support and many feature an optional tilt mechanism for several back positions, adjustable armrests, and a swivel option. The types of chairs available today is also rapidly expanding and currently includes ergonomic task chairs, an ergonomic kneeling chair, ergonomic executive chairs, ergonomic stools and laboratory chairs, drafting chairs, and the high back office chair. The latter offers full back support, relieving pressure from your neck all the way down to your torso. It is usually made from real leather, features a lot of resting space and many adjustable levels, and is frequently found in top executive offices.

Additional new products include adjustable computer desks, where one can play with the height of the desk to suit multiple users, and where you can adjust the height and angle of the keyboard so that your forearms, wrists, and hands rest comfortably as you work.

And if you have already got the ergonomic bug, you might want to check out the range of ergonomic office supplies hitting the stores, including ergonomic keyboard trays, mice, mouse pads, lighting, armrests, footrests, and more.

 

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