Nowadays, many jobs often require us to sit in front of our computers and laptops for hours on end, whether in the office or working from home. This can be associated with health problems, which is why many experts have long warned that sitting is the new smoking. However, these risks can be significantly reduced if you take a few basic ergonomic principles into account.
Do you know how to sit properly in the office? An ergonomic sitting posture is essential for our long-term health, well-being and productivity. The secret lies in "dynamic sitting" or "active sitting". It's about regularly changing your sitting position while working and remaining active while sitting, rather than staying in one position.
With Leitz Ergo solutions, you can promote correct sitting at the workplace. For example, use a sitting ball or sit/stand stool with swivel base in addition to your standard chair. This alternative seating furniture provides more dynamism and movement and at the same time activates the back and core muscles. With Leitz Ergo solutions, you can create an environment that helps you to stay active and healthy in the long term and prevent common complaints such as back pain.
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Active Sitting Stools
Active Sitting and Active Standing Stools encourage muscle movement, improving posture and increasing energy levels.
Dynamic Sitting Balls
Alternate between the ball and a chair every 30 mins to improve posture, flexibility and help relieve back pain.
Wobble Cushions
Improves blood circulation and can relieve spinal pressure by creating micro-movement to maintain balance and minimising contact between your tailbone and the chair.
What is dynamic sitting?
Dynamic sitting refers to the practice of regularly and consciously changing your sitting position during working hours instead of remaining rigidly in a single posture. This concept is based on the realisation that our bodies are not designed for hours of static sitting. By changing sitting positions, the strain on different muscle groups is varied and the back is relieved.
Dynamic sitting offers numerous advantages in the office or home office:
- Prevention of tension: Regular changes of position can prevent tension and muscular imbalances that can result from sitting in one position for long periods.
- Boosting blood circulation: Movement promotes blood circulation, which not only reduces the risk of swelling in the legs, but also increases concentration and productivity.
- Increased energy and vitality: An active body leads to an active mind. Dynamic sitting makes you feel more energised and less tired overall.
- Supporting the spine: A continuous change of position helps to relieve pressure from certain parts of the spine and distributes the load more evenly.
Understanding the benefits of dynamic sitting in the office and home office makes it easier to integrate this habit into your daily work routine and thus promote your physical health in the long term.
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Working with Ergonomic Specialists
The German Institut für Gesundheit und Ergonomie GmbH, otherwise known as “IGR” or The Institute for Health and Ergonomics, supports companies, public authorities and consumers to optimise and advance workplace ergonomic standards.
Leitz and the Institute for Health and Ergonomics are working together to provide products that can help businesses with the changing demands of healthy working environments. The focus is on new ways of working in the office, on the move and from home.
The IGR only award products that satisfy its strict criteria for ergonomic usability and adaptability to meet the individual needs of users in accordance with and meet the usability and ergonomics standards set by DIN 26800 EN ISO 15537.
Ergonomics Buying Guide
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