As well we know, employers who sit on the chair with a conventional sitting for longer periods of time, often suffer from body’s injuries such as pain in the legs and back. This situation gets worse if we use the regular chairs that are not ergonomically designed. And if those body’s injury problems are not immediately treated then they could cause the repetitive strain pains that eventually will result ‘in long term disability’. Ergonomic workplace is the most favorite choice to reduce and even effectively option to avoid the potential risk of body’s injuries. However, the best option to solve such problems is by keeping your body move adequately per hour.
Fortunately, there are now available some pieces of office desks that are basically purposed to keep anyone who use them move adequately while at work. One of the favorite choices is standing desk or even there are some people call them as treadmill desk (although not all of standing desks can be categorized as treadmill desks). There are many health advantages when using this desk, that are;
- Effectively idea to help and keep your weight as well or even it is great choice to lose the overweight.
- It is also helpful to keep your hearth healthy, why? Because the periodic movement when using this desk will reduce the bad cholesterol of your body.
- The standing position is also useful to minimize the stiffness problems and ‘neck-back pain’.
- It helps to promote good posture in long term. Each day of your office hours you will do exercise on your desk and therefore it is reasonable if the standing desk is so recommended to burn your over-calories.
Standing desks are relatively more expensive than regular desks, but you will get what you pay. Buying one of them is smart investment either for your body or your carrier in long term. Perhaps you agree that ‘the fit body is the key of successes’. With this desk, you can more focus to your project at work. Not only that, the other benefits that you can get; increasingly productivity, better energy and concentration, and even this desk are also helpful to calm restless energy.
Depending on the model, the standing desks can be priced around hundreds dollars to thousands dollars. One that has minimalist features, like the simplest feature to let the height of desk can be adjusted practically, can be purchased around $350.00 to $ 800.00. On other hand the ones that come with treadmill feature and even are made with solid wood material, can be priced around $3,900.00 or more. One of popular brands, Armish offers their standing desk products that come with wood version around $4,000.00.
As additional information, some basic characteristics of standing desks:
- The height of them is usually around 27 inches to 55 inches. The height itself usually can be adjusted ergonomically to accommodate the height posture of user. The height adjustment feature is also purposed to make the desk can be used normally ‘seated position’ as well as like regular desks.
- Like mentioned before, depending on the model, there is also available treadmill feature to let user walk slowly while working on the desk.
- Purposing to give good durability and strength, the base of the desk is usually made with steel, including the ones that come with wood version.
- Other additional features (once again these features are dependent on the model of the desk itself) are; cabinets, pencil drawers, adjustment feature to hold CPU, keyboard extension, and so on.
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