Are You Tired Off With Sitting All Day? Raise Yourself Out of Your Chair With a Sit-Stand Desk

Of course, you must be tired off with sitting all day. Even, one of the research also suggests that sitting for extended periods slows your metabolism and raises your risk for obesity, cancer, diabetes, heart disease and early death. But as any retail worker or waiter can tell you, being on your feet all day can be hard on your circulatory system, legs, feet and back too. The idea is a balance. You automatically mitigate the risks associated with either one on its own by switching from one posture to another frequently.

By now, the term “sitting disease” and the effects of prolonged sitting have been well documented. Yet, instead of increasing attention regarding the harmful effects, many employers have not made the connection between extended sitting and the physical health of their employees – and in turn, the overall health of their organization.

One thing you must be aware of is that the restlessness from prolonged sitting is more disruptive to organizational productivity than visiting social media sites. While many employers are worried about cyber loafing -(personal use of a company’s internet access while at work) and its impact on productivity. Therefore, it is now clear that about 61% employees are spending more time moving around than cyber loafing.

About 58% of the employees admit that they take two to five breaks a day and another 25 percent are taking more than six breaks per day to relieve the discomfort, restlessness and fatigue caused by prolonged sitting. While taking regular breaks is important, these findings indicate that employees are spending excessive time away from their desks due to the discomfort of prolonged sitting.

What’s more, outside research suggests that when interrupted it can take a worker more than 20 minutes to get back on task. This means that time, productivity and ultimately, money, are all unnecessarily lost each day.

How should you begin to switch it up?

This is why sit-stand desks are important in offices to create a culture of movement at workstations. Ultimately, we recommend changing your position every 30 minutes.

We are very much aware that you can’t do it all of a sudden, but you can start slowly. You don’t need to overdo it and suffer additional physical stress and strain. Stand for short periods – 5 minutes per hour, then 10 minutes, and so on until you work up to longer intervals throughout the workday. This is because we have introduced sit-stand desks so that whenever you want you can sit and whenever you want you may stand.

For further more guidance, following are some of the examples of an hourly sit-stand routine, which could be repeated during your workday:

• You should do 30 minutes of sitting while computing, then 30 minutes of standing in a meeting at sit-stand desk or while reviewing mail.
• You should do 20 minutes of sitting working on a report, and then 10 minutes of standing reading email and 30 minutes of doing some coding or editing.
• You should do 30 minutes of standing while writing an article.

How to help your office move more?

As organizations look for ways to improve employee productivity and minimize distractions, we believe it’s critical to examine employees’ time spent seated at their desks and find ways to alleviate their discomfort. There is only one potential solution i.e. sit-stand desk at your office which can change the traditional workstation composition. Employees will get  much more flexibility  while working through height-adjustable sit-stand workstations. Hence, they can easily move from sitting to standing and stretch every half hour. These sit-stand workstations are an excellent and popular wellness benefit – you can check out these testimonials to see the difference sit-stand workstations can make.