Height Adjustable desk – The upcoming revolution for maintaining your health while working
Pandemic has changed our professional lives dramatically. One major change which has been brought by the pandemic is in the traditional ways of working. Currently, working from home or a hybrid working model has become the new normal.
The new normal however has some serious impacts on our health. The impact on the health may not be seen immediately, however, the effects would show up gradually. The impacts could be as under:
Neck And Back Pain
The most serious health effect that is being faced by everyone is consistent shoulder, neck, and back pain due to working from home. Generally, most people have a poor posture while working on their laptops or sitting all day in a chair causes stiffening of your muscles and joint, especially in the upper body. Back pain is considered to be the second most common cause of missing work.
Unstable Lipid Levels And Weight Gain
Working from home has impacted your physical activity drastically. The basic daily body movements like travelling to office, getting into a local train, going down for tea breaks have all been eliminated due to staying at home and working. This reduced movement leads to less calories being burned. These factors together contribute to unhealthy lipid levels, weight gain, and increased risk of getting diabetes and heart disease.
There is an upcoming revolution nowadays which is helping to solve both the above-mentioned problems. The upcoming revolution is a Height adjustable desk. A height adjustable desk is a solution where a desk’s height can be adjusted either using a lever, electric button, or a gas spring mechanism.
The height adjustable desk works like a sit and stand desk which helps a person to work both while sitting as well as in standing position. There are majorly three types of height adjustable desk:
- Manual height adjustable desk: height of the table can be adjusted using a manual lever
- Gas spring height adjustable desk: height of the table can be adjusted using a gas spring mechanism. This air lift hydraulic mechanism desk helps to standup at work with the simple press of a lever
- Electric height adjustable desk: height of the table can be adjusted using keys on the desk electronically
Height adjustable desks can help prevent back problems as the person can now stand and work at regular intervals, hence avoiding constant sitting at one place. The height adjustable desk also increases performance, concentration, and motivation of employees due to increase physical activity while working.
To maintain a healthy spine, it’s important to regularly move your body and change your positions during the working day. Based on a survey, it has been proven that ~50% of people using height adjustable desks/table reported a significant reduction in upper back, shoulder, and neck discomfort and ~65% of people also said height adjustable workstations positively impacted their health outside of the workplace.
Another study also found that students that had used height-adjustable desks in a classroom showed improvements in focus, executive function, and memory. The study also suggested that standing desks boosted brain activity by increasing blood flow. We believe that the height-adjustable desks in the office setup will likely see similar results in workers/employees
Height-adjustable desks from Jin Office Solutions
At Jin Office Solutions, we understand how importance is the health of the employees and their comfort as it will ultimately result in increased productivity for the company.
We have a variety of offerings for height-adjustable desk, feel free to contact us today and we will be happy to help you in selecting the best product suite for your requirement.