When you are working under the same roof that you sleep in every night, setting yourself up with the right balance of work and relief may be a little bit difficult to juggle.
Where do you draw the line on your time to make sure that you are taking breaks to get up on your feet and move around, so your blood circulation is flowing? At your home office, you probably don’t have a supervisor informing you when to leave your desk and go to lunch for an hour. You also don’t have to leave your computer to physically follow your co-workers into a conference room for your weekly team meeting.
Being that the hours may be blurring together between when the last time you last stood up, an ergonomic under desk footrest is a vital tool that is essential to any desk for your comfort and well-being.
Elevating your feet in a comfortable position and having more places to rest your feet means that you will have movement opportunities for your legs, even though you are seated. Let’s delve into some of the main reasons why a desk footrest will improve your home office experience.
1. Better Circulation
Elevating your feet up to a comfortable height that puts them at an angle that prevents your hips from becoming locked and tightened up relieves pressure on other areas of your body as well, namely your back, feet, legs, and your knees.
Let your desk footrest put your left foot and rig foot in action by placing them at various spots on the footrest throughout your workday. Rest, flex, and stretch your calves, ankles, and your feet to improve circulation and energy levels.
For people that are shorter in height, it is recommended that they place their feet firmly on the footrest to take care of the problem of their feet dangling in order for them to restore healthy circulation through their legs.
2. More Movement at Your Desk
Having a desk foot rest makes it possible to maneuver your body in subtle but important ways that we don’t even think about until the ugly feeling of pain arises.
Resting your feet under your desk with this tool enables you to shift the weight between feet, elevate one foot at a time, preventing your legs from falling asleep, and allowing you to stand up comfortably for longer periods by shifting weight between legs so that you are engaging the muscles and maximizing your blood flow.
Moving your feet at your desk may sound silly because we normally associate foot movement with physical activities that require our entire body to be in motion, such as dancing at a wedding, going outside for a morning jog, or going for a casual walk in the park on a Sunday with a close friend.
But motion is important at your desk to keep you healthy, just like those other activities are doing outside of the office.
Rest, stretch, and flex your feet, ankles, and calves with the use of your dynamic footrest, keeping your feet rocking and swaying while you are able to remain focused on getting your work done.
3. Fix Your Posture
By using your ergonomic footrest at your desk, you will improve your posture and reduce back pain by accelerating more ergonomic postural angles throughout your entire body. Put a much-desired computer and posture-related problems by elevating feet and legs to a healthy height that feels comfortable and sustainable, which in turn encourages more active sitting.
Just think about how aggravating it is to be seated somewhere such as a movie theater or on an airplane with other seats in front of you that prevent you from being able to relax your feet because there is no footrest available for elevation to relax with.
Footrests not only support your feet at a height that is comfortable for your body, but they also encourage dynamic sitting by providing you with more places to set your feet wider or closer together on its platform at different points on its curved cushion.
Whether you remain seated at your desk, you are able to sand up at your desk at home throughout the day, or you facilitate a mixture of both, a desk footrest takes your productivity up a notch because you are able to have more energy and feel more comfortable with the improvement to your blood circulation as well as your ergonomic alignment and posture.
Enjoy the long-term benefits of reducing aches, pains, fatigue, stiffness, and discomfort that come in the aftermath of having your muscles remain way too static for extended periods of time.
