Improving Your PC Posture

It's not a shock to learn that many people who sit in front of their PC as part of their employment are frequently uncomfortable. Microsoft recently decided to conduct a survey of 10 US markets to find out more about this office workplace issue. The survey results show that 85 percent of them experience some kind of physical discomfort while working at their job. Issues with the neck are reported most at 39 percent, followed by the shoulders at 33 percent and the wrists at 28 percent.

It's no wonder that employees have such issues. The same survey shows that 70 percent of US workers use a desktop PC, and that they spend an average time of seven hours working at their desk. Despite this amount of discomfort, the survey shows that only 24 percent of US PC users have an ergonomic keyboard while only 29 percent own an ergonomic mouse.

Many workers like emergency services communication officers often work with several desktop computers for 12 hours at a time. Weeks, months and years of this type of activity can surely begin to cause physical health concerns if they are not addressed as soon as possible and on a regular basis.

Some suggestions to keep yourself  in shape while working is to keep the PC monitor at arm's length on a desk, keep your wrists in a straight line with the forearm and having the top of the monitor leveled with your eyes.

You can learn more about Microsoft's survey here.