Ergonomics: Consider or Ignore?

[AlexDawson]

Getting a good chair is always a fantastic way to ensure your back is comfortable and not under stress through slouching… I really want one of those awesome executive chairs that I can flip right back on, though Leo Laporte has one of those balance balls he sits on to improve his “core stability”

[AndrewCooper]

@mizwizzy

I was laughing at the waking up when u thought u had a broken neck, I know I shouldn’t be laughing at that but it was how you said it and I was picturing the scene and I found it awful funny but yeah of course it’s not to be laughed at… I laugh at inappropriate things what can I say

Wow…Aren’t you terribly horrible?! I kid! I was laughing at it myself afterwards and my Dad couldn’t stop laughing at me! He was all “Calm down everythings ok you’ve not broken your kneck it’s just a stiff neck thats all” That’s alright him saying that…He’s not the one lying in bed almost crying his eyes out thinking he’s done for! I thought I was paralysed And I had a slight stiff neck two days ago…I was like whoah…Don’t do this to me!

@AlexDawson

Getting a good chair is always a fantastic way to ensure your back is comfortable and not under stress through slouching… I really want one of those awesome executive chairs that I can flip right back on, though Leo Laporte has one of those balance balls he sits on to improve his “core stability”

Lol, I can imagine you playing around on one of those chairs or a balance ball, would be a funny site! I’d be playing around with them too like a little kid I really want one of those chairs though, it would be so much better than the bog standard gas chair I have now which is pretty rubbish!

I think sometimes people underestimate computer ergonomics. Pretty much everyone in my computer class dismisses it completely and there’s a standing joke in the class that if I don’t adjust my seat heat, my monitor, and my keyboard when I sit down then I’ll be plagued with all of the illnesses that come with not making sure everything is correct. The first thing I do when I enter a classroom is check which keyboards have the little stands at the back / underneath and then adjust the chair height and monitor so everything is perfect. It’s a shame really that some people don’t take it seriously but it’s their health and what not.

Andrew Cooper

PS: Stop bloody high-jacking my threads people! How many hours do you spend online?! It isn’t a competition!..But I do spend around 14 - 16 hours a day, most days.

[Stomme_poes]

It isn’t a competition!

Oh. It’s not?

[mizwizzy]

@AndrewCooper

Wow…Aren’t you terribly horrible?! I kid! I was laughing at it myself afterwards and my Dad couldn’t stop laughing at me! He was all “Calm down everythings ok you’ve not broken your kneck it’s just a stiff neck thats all” That’s alright him saying that…He’s not the one lying in bed almost crying his eyes out thinking he’s done for! I thought I was paralysed And I had a slight stiff neck two days ago…I was like whoah…Don’t do this to me!

PS: Stop bloody high-jacking my threads people! How many hours do you spend online?! It isn’t a competition!..But I do spend around 14 - 16 hours a day, most days.

I guess I was laughing more so becaues I was relating to your story - I’ve often had a stiff neck or pulled a muscle or something and it is scary alright and you’re afraid to move incase something snaps! So I guess I saw myself in your story too But you’re right…I am terribly horrible

14-16 hrs! No wonder your neck is wonky! :x