Monitor Arms, For Your Health

We raise our glasses when making a toast, we raise the roof (even in 2016), and we raise our hands to answer questions (I've been conditioned, what can I say). So, why aren't we raising our monitors and laptop screens for better posture and productivity?

I get it, you already have a standing desk, which was designed to adjust your workstation up or down to a comfortable typing level with ease. But, what some may consider an afterthought or may not think about at all is the importance of the placement of any and all screens your eyes fixate on while working (or leisuring, or whatever you do at that nifty standing desk). Screen placement, my friends, determines your posture.

So, if you want to prevent straining your neck and eyeballs or alleviate existing pain, you gotta hear me out. Working without a monitor arm means you have to adjust your body to accommodate your screen's fixed position. That usually translates to hunched shoulders, strained eyes, and craned necks, which may cause back pain, severe headaches and possible hernias. But I'm here to assure you that technology use does not have to come with a cost!