A large number of people don’t have the same equipment at home that they would have in their work office. Until recently this was not concern until the largest working-from-home endeavor in history.
Millions of people across the globe are already staying away from their workplaces as mandated by their employers due to coronavirus, many working remotely for the first time. So grab your laptop and get to work right?
Not so fast. Unless you regularly work from home, chances are you aren’t prepared.
Sure, you can do everything from your laptop while sitting on the dining room chair at your kitchen table. But you can’t do it without putting yourself at risk.
One of the easiest and most important things you can do is to take your keyboard and mouse home from the office with you. Hunched forward with shrugged shoulders, a bent neck, and angled wrists – hardly anyone can use a laptop without a severely restricted posture. It might even be how you are sitting right now.
Working for a day or two and you’ll probably be fine. An external keyboard and mouse allows you to sit upright with the shoulders squared, in turn helping you keep a neutral spine.
