Health challenges of working with laptops and how to deal with them
May 29, 2021Nowadays, almost every working vibe around the world have similar view like image above. A person sit down with laptop and next chair fill with other person also with laptop. Working anything they working at, web developing, product designing, replying emails, calculate transactions, zooming call, etc. Iโm also doing this almost everyday while working, maybe you too? But do you know that spending too many hours sitting is dangerous to our health?
Sitting for a long time is dangerous
A growing body of evidence suggests that spending too many hours sitting is hazardous to your health. Habitual inactivity raises risks for obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, deep-vein thrombosis, and metabolic syndrome. Researchers arenโt sure why prolonged sitting has such harmful health consequences. But one possible explanation is that it relaxes your largest muscles. When muscles relax, they take up very little glucose from the blood, raising your risk of type 2 diabetes.
According to Harvard Health Publishing
people working while sitting (credit)
Sitting for a long time make your lower body muscles weak, because youโre not using it while you sit down. You need a strong leg to live a life, to walk, to run, ride a motorcycle, drive a car, almost any activity will need legs. Sit down all day also cause weight gain, depression, cancer risk, heart disease, diabetes risk, and back or neck sore or both if you donโt maintain your posture while sit down.
I was also experiencing this pain first year of my working career. I have to work at least 7 hours a day, 6 days a week. Then I realize all my pains are causing by sitting all the day and rarely doing exercise. I knew if I continue those lifestyle that can impact my health. Iโll share what I do to change that habit later.
Looking the screen for a long time is dangerous
Not only sitting all day is dangerous, looking at the screen (laptop, smartphone) also can harm your eyes.
Viewing a computer or digital screen often makes the eyes work harder. As a result, the unique characteristics and high visual demands of computer and digital screen viewing make many individuals susceptible to the development of vision-related symptoms. Uncorrected vision problems can increase the severity of computer vision syndrome (CVS) or digital eyestrain symptoms.
According to American Optometric Association
eye strain (credit)
Pain causes by level of contrast of the screen, the brightness of the screen, the screen angle so if the screen to low you need to lower your head also it cause pain on your neck and shoulder, the viewing distance, the environment light.
The most common symptoms associated with CVS or digital eyestrain are:
Eyestrain.
Headaches.
Blurred vision.
Dry eyes.
Neck and shoulder pain.
How to deal those danger
If you working all day while sitting and looking at the computer or any digital screen, here are tips I can share with you as I also doing these to avoid the health issues :
sitting posture (credit)
Straighten yourself when sitting, how straighten is right for you? Checkout this article.
Find a good chair to sit. A good chair will make you comfort while sitting
Drink water regularly
Stretch occasionally after 1 hour sitting, you can stand up or walk
Use anti-radiation glasses to help you against the blue light of the screen
Try the 20-20-20 rule, every 20 minutes break for 20 seconds to look at 20 feet away
Exercise or stretching at least 15 minutes a day. Any exercise is good as long as makes you move your body.
Eat fruits or vegetables, donโt just have a coffee
At least those are what I do to keep my health, you can try to do that and see if that improve your health. Make you can think more creative, make a decisions fast, feel more happy and enjoy at work. If you have experience or any tips, you can share it in the comments. Thank you for reading.
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