I finally got on board with monitor arms after years of thinking they were overrated

I used to swear by the standard plastic stands that come with monitors. Stacked books or boxes underneath seemed good enough for 5 years. Then I moved to a new apartment in Nashville and my desk had this weird cable trough in the back that made the whole setup slanted. A buddy brought over his old arm and within 10 minutes my neck strain was gone. Has anyone else found that just a 2 inch height difference fixes everything?

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kais6728d ago

Does that 2 inch difference really change your posture that much? I had a similar thing where I moved my monitors up just a tiny bit and my shoulders stopped being angry by the end of the day.

leow9027d agoTop Commenter

It's not just about the monitors or the screen height... people always forget about what your feet are doing. If your chair is even slightly too low and your knees aren't at 90 degrees, it pulls your hips out of line and forces your shoulders to round forward to compensate. Two inches on the screen might fix the top half, but your lower back is still carrying that tension all day long. I had a buddy who adjusted his screen three different times before realizing his seat pan was tilted wrong and that was the real culprit. Check your whole setup from the ground up, not just where your eyes are looking.