Guide · SlumpBeta check
Slumping at your desk
Late in the day you sink lower in your chair and closer to the screen at the same time. Your back stops doing the work and your neck takes over.
By Shyam Verma · Updated
Where you feel it
What it does to your body.
Lower back
It loses its curve and the backrest stops supporting it.
Upper back
It rounds and your chest closes in.
Neck
Your head ends up low and forward, and your neck holds it there.
Why it happens
The moments that set it off.
- Late afternoon
- A soft or deep seat
- Feet off the floor
- No lumbar support
Tips and tricks
Break the habit.
Tall first, then lean back
Sit tall, then sit back
Lengthen your spine, then let the backrest take your weight. Leaning back slightly is fine.
A cushion where your back curves
Support the curve
Set the lumbar support, or a small cushion, where your lower back curves.
Soles flat, knees level with hips
Feet flat
Rest both feet on the floor or a footrest, knees about level with your hips.
Elbows wide, chest open
Open up
Sit tall, lace your fingers behind your head and open your elbows wide for a few breaths.
Watch
Two short videos.
Videos by other organisations, on YouTube. Nothing from YouTube loads on this page until you open one.
How Poxture notices itBeta
A nudge while it’s happening.
Slump is in beta and on by default; you can turn it off in the app. Poxture nudges you when you are both lower and closer to the screen than your normal. Reclining back never counts.
- OSHA, Computer Workstations eTool: Neutral working postures.
- HSS, Working from home: lengthen your spine without arching your lower back or pushing out your ribs.