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talk to any nurse, surgeon, janitor, etc, and they will tell you that working on your feet all day is horrible for your health

working on your butt all day is also horrible for your health

it’s as if ... some middle-ground moderation-like situation might be optimal ... my god who would have guessed

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https://www.runnersworld.com/health-injuries/a20860422/stand...

A quick google brings this up. It seems to me that being alive is the leading cause of death.

Well, what do they say about lying in bed all day?

I've always wondered about that. It can't be good for your muscle tone, but my guess it's healthier than sitting or standing.

There are ways to take most pressure of your spine, while still allowing you to sanely use a mouse/keyboard (the later has to be split). It's mostly a fitted seat with a semi-fancy headrest, the latter has to be designed to keep your head from rolling to the side. Also you need slightly channeled armrests, which need to be adapted in extend/channel depth depending on how far your hands have to move. If you use a steno keyboard, likely not at all, if you use a graphics tablet, likely much further.

You still might need to move every once in a while though.

Got any examples of what this kinda of arrangement looks like? I’m having trouble visualizing

I have no idea either, but perhaps something along these lines? http://www.ergoquest.com/store/p20/Zero_Gravity_Chair_2b.htm...

About this, less hip angle, and with the arms about the same height as the torso (and as such necessitating a split keyboard). For a suitable arm angle you need the head to be higher, which requires some closely fitting head support, which has to even out the pressure on your head. Think a recliner with armrests so your arms can most comfortably type/mouse, and a foam around you neck so you head doesn't roll off to the side. The screen is angled at about 45 degrees downwards, to match the head so you only need to move the eyes.

Well they do talk about bedsores for the bed-ridden, so I guess that's a risk

Somebody told me that lying and walking is good and that sitting and standing is bad.

For this cycle we want to sell more stand up desks. It's important that we get the viral message out there to create demand.

I know almost nothing about medicine, but my guess is that the issue is that staying in one place all day is the issue, not whether you’re sitting or standing.

Treadmill desks should be the solution, then.

You jest.. but email while in the gym works. Quick stuff to reply to between sets, longer messages while on the bike.

AFAIK Linus Torvalds actually has a treadmill desk in his home so it's not something that extraordinary.

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