Having just about finished getting together some templates for Sandra’s and my Wordpress installation it’s a good point to note how much of that time I have spent sitting relatively immobile.

We tend to interchange between sitting on exercise balls (Unfortunately not these ones. We have to settle for using the cheaper versions which occasionally burst and drop you embarrassingly to the floor), a knee/kneeling chair (meaning this kind of thing, though they look better than the one we use) and an ordinary old IKEA office chair.

Until I picked up a larger monitor that doesn’t tilt back enough, I also experimented with standing while working by perching my keyboard on a raised platform. Once I got used to it I did feel more alert and the tired lower back ache I noticed I had been developing previously, subsided.

I’d also like to give walking while working a go, but that would require some changes to our office setup.

Fundamentally, I don’t think we should be looking to any one solution. Since most of the problems associated with computer use stem from repetitive behaviour it makes sense to aim for as much variety as possible.