Are you sitting comfortably?

Most employees asked these days would probably answer yes: companies invest hundreds of thousands of pounds in high quality adjustable chairs with ergonomic desks all complying to the latest legislation, so why are muscular skeletal problems still the biggest cause of sickness absence in the UK today and on the rise? 

 
The modern day workstation role has changed; often incorporating laptops, dual or multiple screens and employees frequently share a workstation with other shifts or are hotdesking. It is not unusual to have someone 5ft 3” in the chair one minute and 6ft 3” the next but no one is adjusting the workstation in between.
The traditional form of the ‘assessor and tape measure’ method is no longer adequate and we must adapt our approach.

It’s all in the muscles

The importance of sitting properly at a workstation cannot be emphasised enough, most people underestimate the damage that can be inflicted on the muscles, nerves and bones of the back, shoulder or neck by something as passive as sitting.