subject: Tips To Take Care About Your Health While Working On Computers [print this page] Most of our working culture is depends on the computer. Most of the working persons spend about 12 hours by working with it. There are many health problems and issues are there we never cared about while we are working on it. Here are a few tips to take about your health who are working most of the time with desktops.
Sitting incorrectly for long duration on the computer screen will cause a serious health issues. You should follow the following procedures to maintain good health.
Posture
The main factor for health issue is sitting posture. We should consider some basic setup to our sitting posture.
The chair height should be adjusted so that your feet will be in flat position parallel to the floor. This will prevent your knee at same height. To make this arrangement you should adjust the chair so that the seat will below your kneecap. Also you can use foot rest to balance the height.
The back rest of the chair should be comfortably adjusted with your back. The curves should be possible matched to prevent you from back pain.
Arm rest and elbow should be aligned at 90 to 110 degree. The forearm should be parallel to the ground, while your wrist is at normal position.
Your wrist should be placed in neutral position. Avoid bending your wrist to upward or downward sharply. The computer table and the chair should be at the position that the table height and your elbow should be at parallel.
Nevertheless of these sitting postures you should avoid sitting at a particular position for a long duration. Change the chair position if it is adjustable. Change the positions frequently like the following
Sitting upright position
Sitting reclined
Sitting declined
You can also stand for a while and you can walk for a while will make some difference to your foot.
Setting the Hardware
The monitor should be placed 20 to 40 inches away from the face which will reduce the eye strains.
The monitor should be placed to the center of your eye visibility. And it should be below the eye level. By tilting the monitor screen upwards will make the above condition fulfilled.
The keyboards should be placed in a position so that you should not extend your arms forward or lean backward for typing. The keyboard should be placed at some raised angle. This will make us to type easier. The angle should not be more than 20 degree horizontal or below 45 degree.
The mouse should be placed nearer to the area so that the transition from keyboard to the mouse makes easier.
You can also make use of other items or objects within the reach. Something like notepad, pen, books and other frequently used items near to your sitting location. If you use the document holder near the monitor will seriously affect your neck muscles. So place those document holders beneath the monitor and above the keyboard with some tilted angle for viewing.
By doing the above steps we can create our own computer workstations. Do follow the steps and Live healthier.
