Posture
Desk wiggle reset
Position change · Seated
- How to do it
- Stay seated. For about 30 seconds, make small easy movements through the hips, ribs, and shoulders, a quiet wiggle, not big swings.
- Dose
- 30s
- What you should feel
- Everything loosen a notch
- Common mistake
- Going big/loud in an open office, keep it micro.
- Make it easier
- Wiggle less.
- Avoid this movement if
- Nothing in particular.
- Why DeskBreak uses it
- Unstructured movement is still movement. This one exists to make position changes normal.
Stop this movement if it causes sharp or worsening pain, numbness, weakness or dizziness.
Evidence
General movement principle.
- The effects of breaks on low back pain, discomfort, and work productivity in office workers: a systematic review (Applied Ergonomics, 2018)
- "Sit Up Straight": time to re-evaluate (Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, 2019)