Workrite Advantage Single Keyboard Tray is absolutely fantastic. Not only does it perform the usual tasks that a keyboard tray performs, but it also tilts both up and down. There is a nylon glide arm mechanism and a pull out mouse tray to ensure optimal comfort. Ergonomics not only make you feel better, but they make you work smarter. With the Workrite Advantage Single Keyboard Tray you will have less aches and pains and possibly even get out of work earlier! It’s a win-win.
Keyboard trays can help you work harder in a few different ways. Keyboard trays are an ergonomic alternative for the standard keyboard drawer that is mounted under the desktop. A keyboard tray is also a much more ergonomically effective method than placing the keyboard on the desktop. With an ergonomic keyboard tray, you have the option to position the keyboard in a variety of ways to alleviate neck and back pain and stiffness. Also, a keyboard tray will provide a way to combat the effects of repetitive movement that can contribute to injuries, such as carpal tunnel syndrome.
However, keyboard trays can do even more to help you work harder. Yes, moving the keyboard tray from side to side and tilting the keyboard tray toward or away from you will help you readjust your position while you work. A keyboard tray can help you work harder in other ways, too.
Work While Standing
Did you know that the health benefits of standing while you work are many? Many people are learning that, not only is standing while they work a good way to re-energize and get a second wind, but standing while the work is also good for the heart and increase the body’s metabolic rate. A keyboard tray will facilitate working at the computer while standing. The keyboard tray is mounted on an arm that you can raise. Raise the keyboard so that you can stand while working on the computer.
Burn More Calories
For each hour you stand while you work at the computer, you burn approximately 100 calories more than you would if you were sitting. When you stand while you work at your workstation, you burn calories by just performing your everyday work tasks. When you burn more calories while you work, you will be less likely to gain weight than if you simply sit and work all day. If you stand while working early in the morning, you actually increase your metabolism throughout the day. The faster you can boost your metabolism in the morning, the more calories you will burn throughout the day.
Improve Your Overall Health and Reduce Your Risk of Disease
Recent studies show that sitting all day is nearly as bad as smoking for your health. Sitting in one position, such as sitting at your workstation, causes health problems, such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer. Also, over the years, the effects of a sedentary lifestyle are cumulative. This simply means that the longer you stay in the bad habit of sitting for 8 or more hours per day, the more likely you will be to suffer from adverse effects of prolonged sitting.
The good news is that you can begin good habits anytime and reverse the effects of prolonged sitting. With a keyboard tray, you can start slow, getting used to standing while working for one or two hours per day. Work your way up to where you can stand while working for at least half of the day.
Add an early morning workout three times per week to standing while working for half of the workday and you greatly improve your heart health, as well as reduce your risk of cancer and other diseases, such as diabetes. A keyboard tray can help you live a healthier lifestyle and keep you fit in the process.
Improve Your Productivity
When you feel better, your productivity is improved. By taking steps to improve your health during the workday, you will feel better and your productivity will increase. In addition to these benefits, you can reposition yourself throughout the day to avoid repetitive movement and become more productive as well. We all know what it feels like when you have been sitting at a keyboard for 8 or more hours. You back stiffens. Your neck and shoulders begin to ache and your hands get tired. With a keyboard tray you can reposition the keyboard to avoid fatigue while working at the computer. When you are able to avoid fatigue while you work, your productivity improves as a result.
With a keyboard tray, the keyboard moves exactly where you want it. Whether you want to stand and work, or sit back in your chair and work, the keyboard tray puts the keyboard and mouse right at your fingertips. You can tilt the keyboard tray toward you or away from you to revive your wrists.
Improve Your Attitude and Outlook
When you are not relegated to remaining in one spot all day, your outlook is improved and you simply feel better. Just knowing that you have the flexibility to move the keyboard wherever you want it tends to make you feel better about the day.
Workplace studies show that employers that offer adjustable workstations, including keyboard trays that enable workers to move and reposition throughout the workday, are rated in a more favorable light by employees. In fact, employees often cite adjustable features of their workstations as being a perk of the job that they would miss if they left their position.
A keyboard tray can do a lot for making you work harder and be more productive. The better you feel, both physically and emotionally, the harder you will work. In addition, when you are able to stand and work, you improve your physical health, which will also make you more productive. Try working with a keyboard tray and see if you are more productive. Chances are you will be.
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