Personally, I think it's great that people are looking after themselves. I don't really find it practical to have a stand up station mainly due to a shortage of space (plus multi monitor setup). My way of looking after myself (I had a bad desk/chair set up some years ago and ended up with wrist problems) is to do stretching, some wrist exercises/stretches (which physio showed me when I had treatment for wrist strain) and most importantly regular breaks. I drink lots of water, which is also a good thing (keep hydrated!) which promotes regular trips to the toilet. :) This enforces regular breaks. You should not be hammering away at your keyboard for hours and hours without a break. The thing I saw on breaks should be five minutes in every hour. You can get software that interrupts your session but I don't like the idea of that, you know interruptions disrupt your coding. What works for me is the forced loo breaks. Without going too deep (i'll spare you) get a warning (ie its not sudden) and you definitely can't ignore it! It's funny but it really works. It does take a while to learn how much you need to drink for it to work. You could time when you drink water (and how much) so that you can get the number of breaks you want/need. There would be other variables such as weather/temperature and how dehydrated you are. Funny but true story. :) Even if it is Friday.
On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 9:13 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Cool, thanks Bec 😊 I’m building up slowly, yesterday I did a total of 2 > hours standing (not all in one go) > > Jason Roberts > Journeyman Software Developer > > Twitter: @robertsjason > Blog: http://DontCodeTired.com > Pluralsight Courses: http://bit.ly/psjasonroberts > > =========================================================== > I welcome VSRE emails. Learn more at http://vsre.info/ > =========================================================== > > *From:* Bec Carter <[email protected]> > *Sent:* ‎Friday‎, ‎31‎ ‎October‎ ‎2014 ‎8‎:‎02‎ ‎AM > *To:* ozDotNet <[email protected]> > > A good friend is a physio and always recommends for best results to > alternate every hour or so. Standing for 8 hrs just hurts different parts > of your body. Your hip flexors may not get tight/short like sitting but > your hips, knees and feet may start hurting. > Took me a couple months to get used to it but now feel much better. > My previous job had great electric standing/sitting desks from Schiavello > ($2800 i think it was). I now have 2 desks at home to do the same thing > > On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 7:09 PM, Greg Keogh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Will be interesting doing a full weeks work next week standing up… >>> >> >> Do you have a bad back or similar? Do you have reliable evidence that >> there is some benefit to working standing up for extended periods? The idea >> sets off warning bells in my head (oh my poor feet and ankles!) -- *Greg >> K* >> > >
