On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 6:39 PM, Luke S. Crawford <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 12:09:14PM -0400, Brian Mathis wrote: >> The upper-middle part of the screen should be at eye level, so most of >> the screen is level with your eye line or slightly down. Otherwise >> you need to tilt your head back to look up, which is unnatural and >> causes neck strain. > > Huh. all the references I see seem to agree with you on this one. > >> A reclining chair also makes things a lot worse. You wind up with no >> head support and strain your neck even more in the reclined position. >> This is not a setup for someone who sits at a computer all day. Some >> people can get away with it because they are don't sit at their desk >> for an extended period of time > > > I mean, I'm not an expert here, just someone who spends a great deal of time > in a chair, but I do believe that reclining works well compared to sitting > up straight. Half the time I like to put my feet on the desk while I work, > too. > > I don't know very many people who actually sit up straight like they > are supposed to, I mean outside of those kneeling chairs. > > I've seen references to this around. Hm. I can't seem to find > the actual study, so it's possible I'm wrong, but here is one of the > references: > > http://abcnews.go.com/Health/PainManagement/story?id=2677877&page=1
I think it's probably a trade-off. If you recline you take some stress off your back, but you also need to lean your head forward which moves the strain to your neck. Sitting straight up would make it easier to balance your head without much strain. As others have said, everyone is different and do whatever is comfortable for you. Personally I can't see how reclining would be comfortable or productive over the long term. What do you do with they keyboard, keep it in your lap? Where is the mouse then? -☙ Brian Mathis ❧- _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
