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Ask Slashdot: What Is the Best Position To Work For Long Hours?

Posted by timothy on from the no-single-best-answer dept.

New submitter damitr asks: "What is the most ergonomic position if you are working with a laptop or a desktop (with or without wireless keyboard and mouse) for long hours at stretch? Is bean bag for sitting with a laptop a good option? What is the best way to use a desktop without causing tennis elbow and backache/neck problems?"

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  1. none by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    there is no positition such that sitting still in it for a long time wont cause problems.

    1. Re:none by Hognoxious · · Score: 4, Insightful

      You call bullshit on something you know nothing about, and back it up with an article that cites a member of the British Chiropractic Association as if they were an authority rather than (as has been legally proven) a bunch of quacks and charlatans..

      I'll send you the bill for a new irony meter. The needle on my old one is shaped like a hairpin.

      --
      Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
  2. Re:missionary. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Oh, no.

    COWGIRL

    Let her do all the work while you relax.

  3. The hell? by AlienIntelligence · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What the fuck man.

    Ridiculous question.

    At no point in our evolution was it designed for us to sit a long time. Your question has no answer.
    ie, the answer is, what ever position works for you and doesn't kill you.

    I'm sure others have mentioned standing. But... once again... we weren't designed to stand either.
    We are an animal that was expected to be on the move at all times.

    Standing will give you:
    Varicose Veins
    Popped capillaries
    Edema
    and still even the chance of DVT

    Only thing that can be added, take daily aspirin, 80mg or so, to prevent the stroke you are going to get one day.

    (My wife died from too much sitting. Literally. DVT behind her knee, broke off, went into lung, Pulmonary embolism
    was a result. Upon surgery, part of the clot made its way to her brain. 3 blockages... coma. Few weeks later, and
    I'm a widow. Extenuating circumstance? None that Dr would ever admit to. My consolation prize? Nearly 100 grand
    in stuff the insurance wouldn't cover. )

    -AI

    --
    For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion
  4. Drink water... by seifried · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Drink a lot of water and you'll be hydrated (good) and you'll have to get up to go the the bathoom. People can't really make a fuss over that, so you know have an excuse to get up, walk around, stretch, etc.