exclusive: two online posture programs

Correcting your posture is essential for your health, but you may need some individual expert guidance for this.

We have the solution: check out our Online Posture Programs. This is a unique offer, designed especially for office workers like you to help them

• create healthy 24/7 habits
• improve the environment at work and at home
• learn safe and easy exercises to preserve their body. 

the 3 rules of posture

Screen work is not just a professional activity anymore: your muscles and joints are overloaded both by your private and by your professional lives. 

Remember the three rules of posture:

1. three back shapes are unhealthy (slouched, hollow, twisted). Your goal should therefore be have a "flat back" posture (monkey posture) during all prolonged, frequent or hazardous activities;
2. the neck should always be relaxed;
3. posture is built from feet to head.

what is a healthy sitting posture?

When you work on a computer

• rule #1 requires that you sit on the sitting bones, with your belt against the lumbar support. To achieve this, the heels must be firmly on the floor (or a footrest). If your chair does not have lumbar support, a cushion will help. In this article you will find out why we do not recommend Swiss balls as office chairs.
• rule #2 requires that you place the mouse and keyboard just under your fingers tips when your elbows fall loosely along your body. The screen is just below the eye line, slightly tilted towards you. If the neck flexes more than 20° (e.g. laptop), use a detachable keyboard and mouse and raise the screen.

what about taking breaks?

Even though good posture is essential, you can't sit still for long: if you sit well, you can hold on for about 30 minutes. Beyond that, you have to stand up, whether you are working (telephone, meeting) or not (break, coffee).

The relaxation exercise illustrated below should be practiced as often as possible to relax the muscles, decompress the joints and facilitate the oxygenation of the tissues. However, you should ALWAYS remain within your comfort zone. If standing is too difficult, just practice sitting at first and get your doctor's advice.

Last but not least: an ergonomic office chair cannot be bought from a catalogue or the web! Here are a few tips to help you make the right choice.

I want to know more

Have you checked out our employees' training offer? All this exclusive content is available on site or remotely, to make sure that working from work or working in the office would harm your colleagues' health.

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