June 12, 2012 at 10:15 am
Lynn Pettis (6/12/2012)
toddasd (6/7/2012)
Anyone here move to a standing workstation or give it a try? It's supposed to be much healthier for blood flow and muscle use (as Brandie states.) It's been on my to-do list for quite a while.Honeywell is big on ergonomics. They do an ergonomices assessment when you start work, adjust your work space appropriately, get you a chair that meets your needs and adjusts it as well. While there, quite a few people went to standing work stations and were provided appropriate chairs for when they chose to sit (the standing work stations weren't the auto-adjusting desks that you can purchase that go from a seated to standing position at the push of a button).
I would love to work for a company that would do something like that. All the desks I've ever encountered are always too high for vertically-challenged me and I always end up having to get a foot rest to keep my feet from dangling.
June 12, 2012 at 10:20 am
Brandie Tarvin (6/12/2012)
Lynn Pettis (6/12/2012)
toddasd (6/7/2012)
Anyone here move to a standing workstation or give it a try? It's supposed to be much healthier for blood flow and muscle use (as Brandie states.) It's been on my to-do list for quite a while.Honeywell is big on ergonomics. They do an ergonomices assessment when you start work, adjust your work space appropriately, get you a chair that meets your needs and adjusts it as well. While there, quite a few people went to standing work stations and were provided appropriate chairs for when they chose to sit (the standing work stations weren't the auto-adjusting desks that you can purchase that go from a seated to standing position at the push of a button).
I would love to work for a company that would do something like that. All the desks I've ever encountered are always too high for vertically-challenged me and I always end up having to get a foot rest to keep my feet from dangling.
My guess is that since Honeywell is such a big company, they found significant cost savings (read lower workmans comp costs) by instituting such changes. They actually have a person on site whose job is to do the assessments. Also, people can requests assessments (or should I say reassessments) at any time.
If you can find the documentation that would demonstrate the value to your company, who knows, they may adopt doing them as well.
June 13, 2012 at 8:38 am
I'm a lefty. I also left click with my midde finger on my left hand, and when I swap the ambidextrous mouse to my right hand (2-4 times daily) I left click with my index finger - you kinda get used to it after a few days.
That solved my right-side: shoulder, neck and back pain, which became painful from not moving much the entire day. I also stretch, get up and move and go to gym and mountain biking to relieve wrist, neck and back pain.
My only other issue is my eyeballs. After about 10:00 my eyes start taking strain - with or without taking a break. The only thing I find that helps is every five minutes or so, looking up and focusing on three distance objects - the first around 20 metres away, then 10 metres and lastly 3 metres. Each for about 10 seconds, repeated 3 times. Also I remove and replace my glasses around 20 times a day -luckily I can do that and still read the screen.
Michael Gilchrist
Database Specialist
There are 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those that don't. 😀
June 13, 2012 at 10:28 am
The desk units that were installed in my office 4 years ago have an adjustable keyboard tray (angle and height) that has about 2 feet of vertical travel so I can raise it and adjust the height and angle of my monitors.
That allows me to easily adjust things for standing, which I do 2 or 3 times per day. I also get up and move around every half hour or so. Now, if I could just find a good chair.
Greg
June 13, 2012 at 10:52 am
Not exactly wrist support only, but you may also want to take a look at this article:
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Miscellaneous/3023/
"El" Jerry.
June 13, 2012 at 10:58 am
EL Jerry (6/13/2012)
Not exactly wrist support only, but you may also want to take a look at this article:http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Miscellaneous/3023/
The link sends me to an error page.
June 13, 2012 at 12:23 pm
Brandie Tarvin (6/13/2012)
EL Jerry (6/13/2012)
Not exactly wrist support only, but you may also want to take a look at this article:http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Miscellaneous/3023/
The link sends me to an error page.
Sorry, the posted link is a redirection. Here's the good one:
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/3023/
By the way, can anybody tell me how to hyperlink text instead of the link itself? I always use [ u r l ] and [ / u r l ] with the link in between.
"El" Jerry.
June 13, 2012 at 1:02 pm
Some years ago, we moved to a newly renovated office, complete with ergonomic workstations. They also sent someone over to tell us how to adjust the keyboard tray and chairs. We were told to hold our arms out, and let our hands drop naturally. That is typically a slight curve, and the proper angle to work at the keyboard/mouse. It meant jacking up the chair/arm rest height, but I didn't have any RSI problems while working in that office. A few years earlier, I messed up my whole right arm from the shoulder down in a very short period of time, using my first notebook computer on a too-high table.
June 14, 2012 at 4:23 am
EL Jerry (6/13/2012)
Brandie Tarvin (6/13/2012)
EL Jerry (6/13/2012)
Not exactly wrist support only, but you may also want to take a look at this article:http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Miscellaneous/3023/
The link sends me to an error page.
Sorry, the posted link is a redirection. Here's the good one:
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/3023/
By the way, can anybody tell me how to hyperlink text instead of the link itself? I always use [ u r l ] and [ / u r l ] with the link in between.
[ u r l=m y l i n k ] my text [ / u r l ]
The best way is to write the text, then highlight the portion you want to link and click the link button above.
June 15, 2012 at 2:04 pm
I've used an ergonomic keyboard since the '80s and haven't had any wrist problems (yet). I can't use a regular keyboard now! I've tried various wrist supports for the mouse, but they all had one issue or another -- the most egregious to me was forcing my "mouse hand" to a particular spot on the desk regardless of where I wanted to be and making me use two hands to move it and the mouse to where I was working at the moment. Some actually rubbed my wrist raw instead of protecting it. Maybe I'm just hard on the equipment...
June 15, 2012 at 8:41 pm
Here's a question. Does anyone kit out their tablets / iPads with keyboards and mice to make using them "easier"?
June 16, 2012 at 12:43 pm
I've never thought about it before but I've never had even an inkling of pain in the wrist, back, neck or anywhere else. I believe it's because I keep the keyboard and mouse about a foot away from the edge of my desk. My elbows (bottom side of high forarm, actually) rest on the desk and I keep the keyboard pretty flat so that my wrists aren't bending backwards. I also adjust my chair so that my upper arms are bent at about 45 degrees compared to the desktop and so that my knees are comfortably bent even while I keep my feet flat on the floor or even on my toes a bit under the chair. Top of the viewable area of my monitor is always at eye level. I also get up and walk around at least once an hour. Heh... I have to... I'm getting on in my years. With all the coffee I drink, the bathroom is a frequent trip. 🙂
--Jeff Moden
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
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