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Simple Exercises At Your Desk

Now that you have your dual monitor mount set up and your desk arranged to the best ergonomic position possible, you may start to wonder what you can do to reduce stiffness throughout the course of the day. Monitor Mounts understand the importance of being comfortable at your desk, so we’ve put together a few of our favorite stretches that keep you limber while you’re sitting. For Your Neck: This stretch can be done while standing, but is best done while sitting. Sit up in your chair with your feet flat on the floor and your shoulders back so you’re not slouching. With your left hand, hold the bottom of your chair and lean your head sideways so that your...

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Ergonomic Considerations for Your Standing Desk

In a previous post, we discussed how you can use our sit-stand combo workstation to improve your workspace and change up your position throughout the day. While many individuals notice an improvement in work quality and physical energy, simply changing your desk position throughout the day won’t alleviate back pain or discomfort. Transitioning from a normal seated desk to a standing workstation takes some getting used to. Here are a few tips to help you make the adjustment. Change Your Position With our sit-stand combo workstation, you’re able to change your position throughout the day. If you get to work early in the morning, consider starting out in a standing position. This can help you wake up and gear you...

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Improve Your Office with a Standing Desk!

If you work at a desk for hours on end, chances are you’re intimately familiar with that sore lower back and stiff shoulders. Many people are switching to standing desks, choosing to increase their physical activity while being kind to their body. While you may think a standing desk is an expensive investment, our sit-stand combination wall mount is an affordable alternative to the typical seated desk. Standing desks offer several distinct benefits over the standard desk. Reduces Back Pain Switching from sitting to standing throughout the day has been shown to reduce lower back pain. When you stand, your posture changes and your muscles that were tight when you were sitting have a chance to release and relax. Keeping...

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Should You Rotate Your Monitor?

Widescreen monitors have largely replaced the clunky box monitors of ten years ago. While they’re particularly useful for avid movie watchers and for streaming videos online, they are not without their downsides. However, what most people don’t know is that many of these widescreen monitors can be flipped. Here are a few benefits of flipping your widescreen monitor into a vertical position. Rotating your monitor will reduce the amount of whitespace on the page when you’re surfing the web. The visible page is longer, and can fit more text onto the page. Rather than seeing those wide columns of background color at the side of your article, you’ll see more images and text in one glance, reducing the amount of...

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Three Reasons You Need a Wall Mount!

If you’ve gone to the trouble of replacing your standard computer monitor to a LCD flat screen model, isn’t it time you upgraded the mount as well? At Monumental Mounts, we have the right mount for your screen. However, choosing between our options can be difficult. Here are a few reasons you should consider an articulating monitor wall mount for your work area. Space Saving Your monitor takes up space when left on your desk. If you’re lucky enough to have a large work area, this might not be an issue. However, for those working on a small desk, space is at a premium Mounting your monitor on the wall behind your desk frees up the surface area, giving you...

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