Strange question, isn't it? For decades, we were hammered into our heads, that only the saleswomen and workers at the machine stand, and this ends with varicose veins. Intellectual labor is necessarily sedentary. And the higher up the career ladder, the more comfortable the chair. It's time to get rid of stereotypes. And at the same time to understand why foreign fashion on tables with electric height adjustment is not just a whim of spoiled hipsters.
Even some 100 years ago, office workers mostly worked standing up. As in the case of the first open space, the employer did not even think about caring for the health of employees, but simply cut costs. But now - already for medical reasons and in an improved form — this idea was picked up by Facebook, Google and hundreds of less visible companies. Why are they so fond of ergonomic tables for working while standing?
Sedentary lifestyle is not for nothing called new smoking. But to stand for 8 hours a day is not at all useful. It is important to find a balance leveling the deficiencies of both body positions. That is, regularly change the position. It is advisable to do this every half hour or sit and stand in a 2: 1 ratio (for example, an hour and half an hour, respectively). Our tables are with automatic height change: it is not you yourself who are adjusting the tabletop, but the electric motor.
Working in a dynamic posture is just one of the key recommendations:
The pursuit of comfort and concern for health is the same as storming a fortress: you need to hit at once with all the guns. What is better: a table for standing or sitting or an orthopedic chair? Their combination. A modern person spends too much time at the computer to neglect furniture that improves the quality of life.
Still think that the new ergonomic trend will come to naught, because it is unusual to work while standing? Once it seemed that touchscreen smartphones are nothing more than a bold experiment and nothing will make the whole world give up on push-button ones. And where are they now?
