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Wellbeing | Tips to prevent bad posture while working from home

Tips to prevent bad posture while working from home
Tips to prevent bad posture while working from home

Since the coronavirus outbreak, working from home has quickly become the new normal.

Workers have transformed their homes into makeshift offices, using laundry baskets and stockpiled loo roll to prop up computer equipment. While this may make do for a couple of days, it is not going to benefit physical wellbeing in the long run.

Remote workers have taken to Twitter complaining of back and neck pain due to an improper chair and desk facilities when working from home.

Lack of ergonomic chairs, poorly sized tables and a lack of space have been cited as some of the biggest gripes with working from home over a long period of time. And for many, not having the correct facilities and equipment is resulting in poor physical wellbeing.

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