More thoughts before getting to the chairs…

Yep, you know it, what else would I say?

When it comes to sitting at your desk all day….

DONT MONKEY AROUND!

(My apologies to all the simians out there who actually sit right!)

As I said yesterday, there are other things to consider before purchasing an ergonomic chair….

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Today, it will be monitor arms.

With todays flatscreen monitors, people found they have all sorts of new real estate on their desks, and despite the recent decline in real estate values, the sort that’s on top of your desk will always be in short supply!

Soooo, they take the monitor, put it allll the way to the back of the desk, put the keyboard right in front of it, and end up having to lean out of the chair just to see the monitor!

Remember that rock from yesterday? Yep, for all the good any chair is going to do you….

Try getting a monitor arm, they really do work.

Now some are better than others, granted, but frankly, any of them is better than none!

I use, here at work, a humanscale M4 monitor arm, (another crass commercial ad: Available at SitBetter.com!) and frankly, I love it! It gives me tons of desk space, it’s very stable and it’s highly adjustable.

I can put paperwork underneath it, swing it out of the way when I want to, and bring the screen up close when I need to use it (fine fine fine, I’m always on the computer so it’s always right there!).

In other words, monitor arms are great space AND back savers.