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One famous author once said, “only a habit can subdue another habit.”  You can unlearn the bad habit of sitting long hours by learning a new habit of standing more often - for good reasons.

Good posture offers the body a lot of health benefits, aside from just improving one’s appearance.  For one, it energizes the body and improves one’s mood.

On the other hand, sitting often has damaging effects on the body that anyone can dismiss as not a real threat to one’s health, or even to one’s life. Unfortunately, the reverse is often true.  

The article below is a must-read:

The Importance of Sitting Ergonomically

Take a few minutes off your workload to stand up, and walk around.  You will be doing your self a BIG favor.  

Cultivate the habit of consciously reminding yourself to stand, stand, stand.  Habits are built by repetition.  Do not tire reminding yourself of sitting less, for your health’s sake.  It is one act you will never regret doing.

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Imagine yourself like a bent water hose...just like water, blood will not flow smoothly throughout your body if your posture is bad.  Every time you cross your legs or slouch your body, you become like a bent water hose.

Bad posture does not only affect your appearance, it affects your health as well.  Diseases like diabetes, stroke, and cancer have been traced to poor sitting habits, or prolonged sitting.  

Just as water cannot flow freely on bent hose, your body needs to use up more energy to carry nutrients and oxygen throughout your body; your blood will not flow smoothly, if you are seated uncomfortably on your chair.  

Remind yourself to sit less, and do not cross your legs when you do.  Stand more often.  These simple acts of keeping your body’s energy flowing freely can save your life.

The article The Many Benefits of an Adjustable Height Desk will give you information what medical experts have been telling us the whole time - “sitting kills.”

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How Sound Masking Helps the Office Knock-Out

When you work in an open office, you can say goodbye to your privacy.  For sure, other individuals in your workplace can hear what you are talking about. This explains why sound masking should be put in place.  See how sound masking works.

Obviously, noise from office chatter can cause plenty of distractions to an ordinary employee who tries to beat the clock.  By the end of his  shift, he is surely more tired listening to noise than doing his work.

The scenario would not be the same when distractions are eradicated.

With sound masking systems, technology has indeed come a long way in providing offices and homes, not only speech privacy, but also an effective tool to block out office noise.  

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It may be too subtle to notice, but office noise is a revenue leak you should not ignore.  An employee who is exposed to it loses about 2 hours of productive work daily.  Multiply it with the number of employees you have, and that’s your company’s revenue down the drain, unnoticed.

Continuous exposure to office noise may cause the following:

1.)  Poor concentration

2.)  Mediocre office performance

3.)  Poor judgment

4.)  Fatigue

5.)  Low productivity

You can ignore noise, but you cannot pull the covers over your eyes when it comes to losing money needlessly because of it.  There are many sound-proofing devices or noise masking gadgets in the market, but only a reliable sound masking system delivers uniform coverage.  These are white noise machines for home, office, or travel use.

For better understanding how sound masking works, please view video:  Basics of Sound Masking

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Discover how parents with infants can get away from the hassles of troublesome sleeping patterns during their children’s infancy stage with the basics of sound masking. Sound masking technology is an innovative solution against noise, which is the common reason why babies usually have difficulty sleeping.  A white noise machine masks noise uniformly, and effectively. It is also reasonably-priced!

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The Sit-Stand Mate encourages the health benefits of a sit-to-stand environment as well. Changing positions between sitting and standing is easy with the one button control that will quickly adjust the Sit-Stand Mate. Fatigue and discomfort can now be avoided by being able to stand periodically though out the day without any loss of productivity at work. With a built-in arm and added copy holders are used, you have your complete ergonomic workstation where it’s most comfortable for you.

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Creating an Ergonomic Workstation That is Right for You

Are you working from home?  Congratulations!  You belong to a fast-emerging industry of men and women in pajamas who are making millions of dollars from home.  Work from home is getting bigger by the day.  Soon enough, it will define a new marketing landscape for sellers and consumers alike.

To prepare for the competition, you should make sure that you work more efficiently and effectively than others  who are also working from home.  And if you spend long hours in front of your PC, you should consider an ergonomic workstation.

Check out the Hilo Ergonomic Workstation with its very functional features.  It is the most innovative solution you can find in the market today if you want to increase your efficiency and productivity at work.

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To attain a high level of efficiency is a common problem most people working from home face.  Having a small office, it is quite a challenge to get all equipment and tools in one place.  Today, there is one solution that is making a buzz on the internet.  It is called an ergonomic work station, specifically the HiLo Ergonomic Workstation, an amazing productivity tool for small office.

It has the following features that make it a cut above other workstations in the market today:

1.)  Especially designed for small offices;

2.)  Has an adjustable Keyboard Tray – you can change positions whenever you like giving you the convenience while you work.

3.)  Comes with wheels – you can move it anywhere you like to work.

Goodbye boring workplaces!  Working from home has never been this comfortable.

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Sound masking is a valuable resource for individuals and businesses alike and can counteract the effects of unwanted noise.  Discover  Ways to Sound Mask...

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Feeling fatigued and unproductive is no fun, whether you work in a standard office, from home, or even stay at home with kids.  Discover these 5 Tips for Naturally Overcoming the Winter Blues...

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Here are some tips/steps to help fall {and stay} asleep for a better night’s rest.  Some of them may be obvious, but it may be helpful in case you haven’t thought of it in a while.  Continue reading  5 Tips for Better Sleep...

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Sound masking is the use of white noise to cover unwanted sounds.  Usually sound masking is used for businesses to reduce sound and provide private confidentiality for workers and/or clients.  These are legitimate uses of white noise without a doubt, but not all of us use sound masking in a corporate context.  That’s not to say we don’t work, we just don’t all work outside the home.  Continue reading 5 Ways to Use a Sound Machine...

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Repetitive Stress Injuries occur when a blood vessel, nerve or tendon has constant pressure for long periods.   Commonly called contact stress, this pressure can cause pain, tingling, and numbness.  Once of the most common injuries of this type is carpal tunnel syndrome.  Carpal tunnel syndrome occurs when the “carpal tunnel” in your wrist becomes narrowed and places pressure on the median nerve inside.  Switching keyboards could greatly reduce your stress and pain, and even eliminate the chance of getting a repetitive stress injury.  Finish reading Reduce Repetitive Stress Injury With a Left Handed Keyboard...

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Regardless of whether you are left or right handed a new left handed keyboard could greatly reduce stress and pain in your hands and wrists.  This type of stress and pain  is usually caused by compressing the tendons, nerves, and blood vessels in the area as you use the keyboard and mouse.  Maintaining your wrists, hands, and forearms in an improper position for extended periods can cause chronic injuries.  These injuries commonly called Repetitive Stress Injuries often require medical attention.  Using a left handed keyboard could help prevent these injuries.  Continue reading Reduce Stress, Improve Productivity with a Left Handed Keyboard...

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If you spend hours during your workday staring at your computer monitor you probably have more eye stress than you realize.  Putting to work a few ergonomic products and principles can reduce eyestrain and prevent problems with your eyes.  Continue reading Ergonomics at Work – Preventing Eye Stress and Strain...

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Sometimes the beginning stages of carpal tunnel are repetitive stress injuries or RSI.  The acronym RSI is used mostly in office environments due to keyboard use, Blackberry overuse as well as other office tools such as calculators.  RSI can cause pain in the wrist, fingers, and arm due to the repetitive things or actions we all do each day—all day long.  We found some good tips to use to prevent RSI at the office.  Continue reading Tips to Prevent RSI (Repetitive Stress Injuries)

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Here are tips on How to Sound-Proof a Room

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