Why Changing To A Height Adjustable Desk May Be Better Than A New Office Chair

Recent studies and articles have shown that sitting for extended periods is far from healthy.

This isn’t altogether unexpected when you think about it, as human evolution developed around hunting, walking and movement. It’s only very recently that we have turned all this way of living on its head and got into the unhealthy habit of sitting far more than standing and moving.

This is especially true for anyone involved in office work, which these days is a significant proportion of the working population.

And it doesn’t just stop with work because when we get home we then spend even more time sitting watching TV, using computers and mobile devices.

One way to redress this imbalance of over-dependence on sitting is to use a height adjustable desk which enables people to work in either a standing or seated position, switching between the two whenever they feel the need to.

The immediate benefit of sit stand working is your body weight is properly distributed and supported through the hips, knees and ankles when standing. This serves to significantly reduce the pressure on the spinal discs in the lower back and pelvic region which sitting applies as your weight becomes concentrated in these areas of the body the longer you sit.

Whilst a good office chair will help reduce these pressures it won’t completely eliminate them. However specialist chairs like the HÅG Capisco and the Via Swopper stool will support you in a semi-standing posture when used with higher work surfaces and so greatly improve the body’s weight distribution.

You can read more about the problems with prolonged sitting in this article as well as the health benefits of height adjustable desks for the office.