Standing desks: good or bad idea?

[rpm]

Standing desks: good or bad idea?

Research shows that sitting at a desk all day is bad for your health - will taking a stand help?

 

[Beri]

Lol.
What a stupid idea

 

[Hamster]

Lol.
What a stupid idea

Standing desks? I think it's pretty awesome. Sucks having to sit all the time while you are working.

 

[bromster]

My dad stood in a PC workshop for many years, because sitting meant that he was constantly getting up and down to get stuff around the workshop.

15 years later, this coupled with a poor diet including the usual pizza fridays etc. resulted in him having type 1 Diabetes, varicose veins in his legs and neuropathy in his feet up to his lower shin. The podiatrist suspects that standing caused blood to be continuously pooling in his feet which was probably one of the main contributory factors to his current problems.

 

[mister]

How about an article using desks that are available in ZA?

 

[Hemi300c]

Only in meeting rooms

 

[MickZA]

Another fad IMO, last century we had the "knee chairs" - https://www.google.com/search?q=knee+chair&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=zLrpVNH9PIm4UbP7gZgK&ved=0CDAQsAQ

 

[buyeye]

It's a terrible idea in the same category as open plan offices.

 

[Hamster]

My dad stood in a PC workshop for many years, because sitting meant that he was constantly getting up and down to get stuff around the workshop.

15 years later, this coupled with a poor diet including the usual pizza fridays etc. resulted in him having type 1 Diabetes, varicose veins in his legs and neuropathy in his feet up to his lower shin. The podiatrist suspects that standing caused blood to be continuously pooling in his feet which was probably one of the main contributory factors to his current problems.

I suppose a balance is needed.

 

[Hamster]

Only in meeting rooms

Hell yes. In fact all meeting rooms should have their chairs removed

 

[biometrics]

Once you get a really decent chair you won't care. And they're usually R3000+

 

[Wasabee!]

Where can buy such a chair? Can someone send me banking details with an amount?

I am desperately looking to stand all day.

 

[SauRoNZA]

This sounds exactly like that exercise ball idea which everyone punts as good for your core muscles, while in fact it's very bad for your bad.

I agree you shouldn't be sitting all day long but taking the proper breaks make more sense to me than simply standing all day.

Maybe a convertible desk would be the best solution?

 

[SauRoNZA]

Where can buy such a chair? Can someone send me banking details with an amount?

I am desperately looking to stand all day.

http://www.ergotherapy.co.za/

 

[Beri]

Standing desks? I think it's pretty awesome. Sucks having to sit all the time while you are working.

standing for 12 hours? a good idea? ok then

 

[Hamster]

standing for 12 hours? a good idea? ok then

I never said you had to stand for all of the 12 hours you slave away at whatever sweatshop you are working for.

 

[Chevron]

Standing desks? I think it's pretty awesome. Sucks having to sit all the time while you are working.

+1

Id love to have one at work.

 

[JerryMungo]

Standing desks? I think it's pretty awesome. Sucks having to sit all the time while you are working.

+1 I like the idea myself

 

[AstroTurf]

Another fad IMO, last century we had the "knee chairs" - https://www.google.com/search?q=knee+chair&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=zLrpVNH9PIm4UbP7gZgK&ved=0CDAQsAQ

LOL, I made endless fun of a fellow employee for one of those.

Also, the health nuts.

I know a runner that went all over the world, did many races each year etc and now he has huge issues with his ankles and knees then last week he was informed he needs hip replacement surgery.

 

[Batista]

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