9 Ways to Turn Your Desk into the Ideal Workspace

If your workstation doesn’t fit you, you’re in trouble specially during corona virus home quarantine. Typing speed goes down with discomfort, and error rates go up. If you ignore that tension in your shoulders, neck, or wrist, it can turn into injury. To prevent that here’s a quick guide to setting up your workspace for optimal health and productivity.

1. Place the monitor perpendicular to windows to reduce glare. Glare makes you unproductive. If you can’t see the screen well, you’re more likely to twist your body to see what’s on it.

2. Place your keyboard and mouse at elbow height. After you adjust your chair, adjust your keyboard and mouse so that they’re at the height of your elbow.

3. Pick the right mouse for your workload. Picking the mouse is personal. You could use a symmetrical mouse, an asymmetrical mouse, a trackball, or a stylus. If you’re a heavy user, rotate through a few.

4. Your monitor should be at eye level and positioned an arm’s length away from you. If the monitor is too high or low — or too close or far — you’ll put undue strain on your neck.

5. Use a thin, flat keyboard. The thicker the keyboard, the more your wrist is cocked back, which can contribute to elbow and wrist pain.

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6. Adjust your chair so that you have even pressure on your rear end. If the seat is too low, you put pressure on the back of your bum. If it’s too high, you put pressure on the front of the seat. And your feet should easily touch the floor.

7. Give up the phone. Ask your company to get you a headset. It’s much better for your neck and shoulders.

8. Make it easy to read your on-screen text. Even if you have a widescreen monitor, you might be straining your eyes. To tell whether the text is big enough, hold up a dollar bill to the screen. The text should be at least as big as the serial number, about 3.5 mm.

9. Stop hunching over your desk. Hunching your back all day puts a huge amount of strain on your neck and lower back, making you more likely to get injured. Workers tend to slouch because they can’t see the characters on their computer monitors well.

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