How to Protect Your Health when Sitting at Work

Last Updated on January 7, 2021

Muscles and joints pain, as well as rapid fatigue, are mainly caused by the wrong posture people make in front of the computer, and partly by failing to maintain a healthy balance between rest and work.

Any job which involves a chair and a computer can only mean too much sitting which often ends up in too much pain, either in your legs, back, neck, shoulders, hands, eyes, or even a complete fatigue.

How to Protect Your Health when Sitting at Work

Here are the best ways to improve your posture and avoid health problems while sitting at work
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1. Back Pain

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Ideally, the length of your hip should match the depth of the chair. Also, the back of your chair should be comfortable and have a curve.

If your chair is too large, you should consider placing a small pillow under your waist so it can absorb some of the pressure. Otherwise, you’ll easily slide down, which will lead to tension and terrible back pain.

Avoid quickly changing your position if you don’t feel comfortable. You should allow your familiarize with the proper posture.

Some muscles will relax and the position will become comfortable, but this won’t occur right away.

2. Leg Pain

To avoid leg pain, you should never cross feet and legs. It squeezes veins, restricts proper blood circulation, and causes numbness and restless legs syndrome.

You need to regulate the chair in order to make it suitable for your body. Make sure that your feet don’t hang over the ground and that the edge of your seat isn’t pressing under your knees.

You should either put your feet comfortably on the floor or on a small stand on which your legs will bend at a little bit more than 90°.

3. Tired Hands

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Your hands are in a ceaseless tension while you work at the computer. The wrong position, as well as the pressure, can lead to a numb and nagging pain and sometimes a feeling of numb hands in the morning.