ICT Class Third Meeting

The Proper Sitting and Eye Positions

In this third meeting, my group had the chance to present about this topic. Here are the main points of my presentation: 

• How to sit:
• Sit in an upright position, make sure your backbone and your spine are comfortable.
• If you are not comfortable yet, try to purchase a small cushion to support your lower backbone. 
• A special cushion can also be purchased in certain stores.
• If you don't have any cushion, try to buy a comfortable office chair - it doesn't have to be the expensive one.
• Feet Position 
• Make sure your feet are supported either by the floor or by a special tool. This special tool can be bought from certain stores.
• If you can't find any support, buy a chair that has a footrest on it already. 
• Don't let your feet hang above the floor! It may cause pain to your feet. 
• Hand Position 
• Your arm and hand must lay totally on a table or a keyboard tray, but make sure it is not too far from the mouse. 
• Letting only some part of your arm laying on the table may cause the nerves and bone of your hand pain. 
• Hip Position 
• Your hip must be push against the back of the chair. 
• Don't let your hip sit only in some part of the chair since it may cause aches on your backbone.
• This may also cause you not to sit upright.
• Head Position
• When working with your computer, your head and neck must be parallel with the monitor. Besides, they must also be aligned with it - not to high or too low. 
• Improper head positions may cause a pain in the neck. 
• Eye Position 
• For those who do not wear glasses, you can still follow the rule above (being aligned with the monitor) and make sure that your eyes are 45-70 cm away from the monitor
• If you are wearing glasses, you have to bow your head a little, so that the light do not reflect on your glasses. 

Those are the ergonomic position when you are working with your computer. If you don't really care about all of those, you might be like this: 

To make sure that you won't get all of those pains, your sitting position must be like this: 

This post concludes the ICT class on the third meeting. Good luck!