Standing or Seated Office Desks. Which Is Right For You? Choosing the right office furniture can be an overwhelming task for any facility manager. With so many choices in the market today, it’s hard to know what trend to choose. Every year there are new and innovative achievements in office design within the industry. One Read More
5 Things To Consider Before You Purchase New Office Furniture Selecting new office furniture for your office can be both fun and overwhelming. It’s often trickier than buying office supplies because of how many factors there are to consider. Whether you are leasing new office space or moving offices, here are five things to consider Read More
Size Matters When It Comes To Selecting Your Next Office Chair Office cubicle dwellers are often required to sit daily in their office chairs for extended hours. Choosing a proper office chair that will suit your particular needs can be a challenge, but it’s important. Using a chair that does not support your body type Read More
To Avoid Back Pain, Use An Adjustable Office Chair With These Key Features Sitting for long periods of time in your office chair isn’t good for anyone’s back. Using smart ergonomics and taking breaks will fend off the occasional ache and stiffness, but employees who fight chronic back pain are fighting a much tougher battle. It’s important Read More
The Standing Room Only Workplace This is probably not the first you’ve heard of this but the ill effects of remaining seated for long periods of time is said to be bad for your health. It even has a name, sitting disease. More recently, health experts have gone so far as to suggest that offering Read More
4 Easy Ways to Avoid Desk Job Back Pain Like most people with a desk job, I spend a great deal of time sitting in my office cubicle in front of a computer. Every job I’ve held post-college has been a desk job, and my non-work looks exactly like my “real” work—seated, with a laptop. Read More
What’s The Story With A Monitor Arm, Anyway? Once upon a time there was a girl who didn’t use a Monitor Arm, instead she used a pile of shoe boxes to get her monitor at just the right ergonomic height. Shocking! Disturbing! If this sounds like a great introduction to your next horror novella, you Read More
A Lifespan Treadmill Desk Makes It Easy To Fit Exercise Into Your Day People are always complaining about how hard it is to fit exercise into your day (me included) and stay fit, especially during the winter months. Compared to other ways that you can spend time, exercise can be a chore. This is especially Read More
The Importance of Workplace Wellness Programs Workplace wellness programs are becoming more widespread throughout the business world. The concept is simple. A business that provides a workplace wellness program creates healthier and happier employees who are more productive. In addition, employers not only reap the benefits of a healthier, industrious workforce, but realize fiscal benefits Read More
10 Tips to Help You Maintain An Active And Healthy Desk Job When you enter your workplace and start your workday, you spend hours immersed in your tasks. You answer phones, check emails, and do lots of work but suddenly you feel pain in your shoulders and back. You realize that you have been sitting Read More
Let’s face it. No matter how much you love your work, if your office space setup isn’t making your job easier, then it’s making it harder. And, who needs that? In 2016, treat yourself to an office desk that not only aids in your productivity but your overall health as well. If you are worried Read More
Locus Workstation by Focal Upright Your desk is killing you! Sound dramatic? It is. “Sitting disease” is considered an epidemic in our country. Between commuting, sitting all day at work and then sitting at home, there are some very tangible, adverse effects on a person’s health. Mounting evidence suggests that those who spend hours with Read More
Benefits of Buying New Office Furniture There comes a time in every office manager’s life when she must ask the question, “Is it time for my company to buy new office furniture?” Perhaps your business is moving to a new building, you’re expanding, you’d like to encourage more collaboration with a more contemporary open office plan, Read More
Which Is Better? Standing Desks Or Treadmill Desks Three researchers recently crunched a bunch of data on standing desks and treadmill desks. I started using a treadmill desk in 2013 and have since moved on to a height-adjustable standing desk. Since it’s National ‘Get Fit Don’t Sit’ day (yes, that’s a thing), it’s a great time to talk about Read More
‘Get Fit Don’t Sit Day’ Is May 6th ROSI is ‘all in’ for the upcoming National “Get Fit Don’t Sit” day on April 6th. The American Diabetes Association and ROSI are using this day to remind companies of the benefits of getting their employees standing and moving instead of sitting. According to the ADA, people Read More
What Should An Office Chair Cost? When comparing an office chair to other consumer goods, it seems the office chair just does not receive the amount of respect and love that say a sofa or dining room table gets. Yet, these two pieces–sofa and dining room table– get used less frequently than an office chair. Read More
Office Cubicle or Open Space, Chronic Pain in the Office Does Not Discriminate Whether you work in an open office with a ping pong table and espresso bar or one with rows of office cubicles, chronic pain can find you. The cause of chronic pain is not so much where you are working, but how. Read More
Buying Ergonomic Furniture: What You Need To Know Going ergonomic in your office may require a bit of a makeover but the benefits to the workers far outweigh the costs and trouble. A recent report by Steelcase showed that 88% of small business owners say office chairs impact employee productivity, yet 13 percent say their Read More
Productivity on the Office Treadmill Desk – 4 Tips Using an office treadmill desk or standing desk provides a variety of benefits such as increased circulation and energy, but what about actually “working” while you’re walking? Can it be done? Creating a functional and productive work space can happen by using the same ergonomic tools Read More
How to Adjust Your Computer Monitor Height and Save Your Back October is National Ergonomics Month and a time to highlight the importance of treating our bodies kindly while working. It’s a time to take notice of things we may not be doing correctly throughout the day that cause unnecessary pain, discomfort and, sometimes, serious Read More