I have a workplace that refuses to have chair arms on any of the chairs we are forced to use because it saves some money. They claim arm rests are a 'trip hazard" (work those mental gymnastics out!) but funnily enough the executive suite managers all get chairs with plush arm rests. So most of us have various stages of neck, arm, and shoulder issues and pain from having to basically hunch up to support ourselves for the 8+ hours a day of typing and mouse clicking we do all week. I was diagnosed last year with shoulder and neck issues which the doctors and physios all agreed are related to this issue but the workplace still claims arm rest bad shoulder/neck pain acceptable. I cannot afford increased the health related costs of trying to counter the pain and changes to my health this issue has caused. I was googling looking for solutions that I could afford to make that the workplace could not argue about and stumbled over the folding arm rest. I feel like if I had thought to do this sooner I would have sorted the issue out sooner but hey better late than never right? The arm rest arrived promptly and I installed it easily and OMG within a day or so the pain and movement restrictions in my neck, arm, and shoulder were already reducing. In combination with the ergonomic mouse and keyboard I also got I have almost entirely fixed the pain and movement issues and feel like with ongoing use it will only be better for my overall mental health and physical wellbeing. Cannot recommend this simple fix enough. Others at my workplace have tried it out and I am encouraging them to give it a go because more support at work is never a bad thing
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