subject: The health benefits of high quality office furniture [print this page] The health benefits of high quality office furniture
It is widely thought that someone who drinks alcohol on a regular basis is fairly unhealthy and will most likely have a shorter life because of it. According to the University of Texas at Austin and Stanford University, that assumption is wrong, which in the very least makes drinking alcohol feel a little better for many.
This surprising conclusion was made on the basis that moderate drinking significantly reduces stress which is potentially even more damaging to the human body. Stress has been connected to more severe health concerns and general dissatisfaction. Dr. Larry Nadig argues compellingly that stress is directly linked to people's health. People with high stress levels, he argues, have many more difficulties with deteriorating health.
Every morning millions of people around the world wake up and go to work where they sit in an unpleasant chair for eight hours or more. Unfortunately the human body is not well suited for spending all day sat in a chair. This complete and utter lack of activity effectively contorts the human body in very unpleasant ways, day in day out.
People who spend their working life in offices are at the highest risk of any demographic group to experience chronic stress and back pain. The reason for these terrible statistics is down to the poorly designed office furniture which plagues businesses around the world.
Experts have begun to speak out with regards to the countless health costs, both mental and physical, of treating ones' body this way. The British Chiropractic Association, for example, issues numerous statements every year motivating firms to invest in ergodymanic chairs and other furniture that places the body in healthier positions.
Employees struggling with stress and back pain are not good for business. The downsides for the employee are quite clear-cut but for a business it is a little more complicated.
A stressed employee is typically less productive and is much more likely to miss work for health reasons. Businesses located in the United States, which doesn't have full national healthcare might be forced to provide more expensive health insurance because their employees have more health issues because of physical stress caused by uncomfortable business office furniture.
The lesson here is clear. Companies should realize that purchasing some high quality glass office desks or glass office tables, for example, will pay for itself in the long run.
