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Standing desks need a standing support

Current research reports that increasing activity in your working day improves long term health. Many articles in the media are advising working from a standing position, because of the increase in muscle work.  However, standing without the freedom to sit, or at least support the body, is associated with back pain and lower limb pain [...] Read more »

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To stand or to sit at work? That is the current question. (What is being left out of the current “Standing versus Sitting” debate)

  An interesting dichotomy has arisen in the ergonomic world due to the research demonstrating that increasing incidental activity in the day is beneficial to long term health, particularly for those that have a sedentary job (see Working from a stand-up desk).[1] For decades ergonomists have advised office workers to “eliminate muscle activity where you [...] Read more »

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