As developers, we spend a lot of time sitting at our desks.
Good sitting posture improves blood flow, keeps your nerves & blood vessels healthy, & supports your muscles, ligaments & tendons.
🧵 Try out these tips to get you sitting correctly at your desk:
Good sitting posture improves blood flow, keeps your nerves & blood vessels healthy, & supports your muscles, ligaments & tendons.
🧵 Try out these tips to get you sitting correctly at your desk:
🖥️ Monitors
The top of your screens should be at or just below eye level.
Tilting the monitor back 10° to 20°, our eyes should look slightly downward when viewing the middle of the screen to promote a healthy sitting position.
The top of your screens should be at or just below eye level.
Tilting the monitor back 10° to 20°, our eyes should look slightly downward when viewing the middle of the screen to promote a healthy sitting position.
🤷♂️ Shoulders
Your shoulders should be relaxed and positioned low.
Try to be aware of them rising towards your ears or rounding forward throughout the working day.
Doing so will also ensure you maintain contact between your back and the seat.
Your shoulders should be relaxed and positioned low.
Try to be aware of them rising towards your ears or rounding forward throughout the working day.
Doing so will also ensure you maintain contact between your back and the seat.
💪 Lower Arms
Your lower arms should rest parallel to the floor at 90°.
They should also rest on support (desk or pad) rather than being held up which ensures a neutral wrist position whilst typing.
Your lower arms should rest parallel to the floor at 90°.
They should also rest on support (desk or pad) rather than being held up which ensures a neutral wrist position whilst typing.
⌨️🖱️ Keyboard & Mouse
You should be able to control your keyboard and mouse easily with arms bent at the elbow.
To promote this position, sit an arm's length away from your monitor and tilt the keyboard back 10° so that your wrists stay flat.
You should be able to control your keyboard and mouse easily with arms bent at the elbow.
To promote this position, sit an arm's length away from your monitor and tilt the keyboard back 10° so that your wrists stay flat.
🦵🦶 Legs & Feet
Your thighs should be slightly below horizontal to the ground whereby your hips are slightly higher than your knees.
Keep your feet flat on the floor or slightly raised using a footrest.
Make sure that there's enough space for your feet, knees, and thighs.
Your thighs should be slightly below horizontal to the ground whereby your hips are slightly higher than your knees.
Keep your feet flat on the floor or slightly raised using a footrest.
Make sure that there's enough space for your feet, knees, and thighs.
Essentially, computing comfort starts with paying attention to your body’s experience.
Relax eyes, wrists and hands.
Take quick, regular breaks.
Improve blood circulation.
Put minimal stress on your body.
Your body will thank you!
Relax eyes, wrists and hands.
Take quick, regular breaks.
Improve blood circulation.
Put minimal stress on your body.
Your body will thank you!
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