Ancient scribes must have had a tough life. What about us sitting in front of a desk for long periods of time?
For us in modern times. Sitting for long periods at a time. You may be in the market for a standing desk.
But why it's so harmful for your health to sit for long periods of time. A Ted talk animated video explains.
There are advance standing desks that can rise with a push of a button.
Simple stretches for those who stand or sit for long periods
Before suggesting a type of standing desk. let's look at stretches we can do durring periodic breaks.
A budget friendly option for a standing desk
Why not just have a mini desk that can be placed on your existing desk.
Choosing a budget-friendly add-on to your existing desk will need to be environmentally friendly.
For environmental friendlyness bamboo would be suitable. Since bamboo grows rapidly, absorbs more carbon, regenerates after harvesting, and requires less water to grow.
But for a budget-friendly desk. The desk would need to be something you can place on top of your existing desk. Then place the desk aside when sitting on your existing desk. It would also be good if the desk is foldable and it's height can be adjusted.
You check the measurements of something that will work.
Excessive standing is not a good thing either. So, sometimes sit and sometimes stand and a bambo desk may help.
Your budget friendly bamboo desk quest begins with a search. Here is how you can find the right bamboo desk for you by doing a boolean search.
bamboo AND desk AND sitting AND foldable AND adjustable
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Standing Desk Animated Gif Source
Standing Desk Animaged Gif SourceBamboo Desk Measurement image source (Amazon)
Measurement image sourceSimple stretches to help improve posture
Stretches for improving postureTed talk video about sitting for long periods of time
Ted talk videoBamboo desk manufacturing animated gif source
animated gif sourcePost Image By Jason Riedy from East Point, GA, USA - Paris for SIAM PP 2016, CC BY 2.0, Link