- Okay, Brad, what you do
or don't do at your desk can cause neck pain.
Upper trap pain, or back pain.
(groans in agony)
We'll show you how not to do it.
- That's right.
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- Okay. The first thing we'll talk about Brad
is the neck pain.
Very common with the laptop, because it's not high enough.
- Right.
- The screen
- Even with a regular computer,
- Exactly.
- True. The screen is low,
It pulls your head down without thinking about it
particularly when you're involved with your work,
and you're thinking about your work
and this over a period of time, twenty, thirty minutes
is going to cause tightness in the muscles.
- I think it'll make you cry.
- I will cry Bob.
I may say some bad words though.
- Sure.
- Okay, Bob, so a little remedy for this.
You just need to elevate that screen.
They, you can buy elevators.
You can just use books.
- Books.
- Or we got a box
- Box
- And put that there and get it up higher,
so that your eyes, if you draw a horizontal line
goes about to the top half of the screen.
There's a little variance there.
I may even rise this, raise this
up if you would happen to have
- Electric desk.
- Which a lot of people do not.
So you use whatever you can to get it up elevated.
If it is one like this and you can get a keyboard
- Right?
- That's wireless and get it connect up.
You can put that down on your lap actually,
and that helps the position of your arms.
You got your neck in a better position, so make adjustments.
- Alright, Brad, I wanna take a second to
mention our huge giveaway
- Oh
we're giving away a desk and a chair.
- Oh
- Actually that is physically huge
- Right?
- For flex spots, sixth anniversary.
- Oh really? Excellent job.
- And they're also having tech day.
- Yes.
From September seventh through ninth,
where they have huge sale.
- They give away their techs?
- Nope.
- Just wondering.
- I got up to two hundred bucks off.
- Oh really?
- On a number of their products.
- Right.
- Okay, good.
- So I'll link below. Right now, Mike will show us a desk.
- Oh okay, good. Mike. You're on.
- This is the Flexispot Pro Plus E Seven Standing Desk.
Let's talk about it.
With the press of a button,
You can go from a seated to a standing position.
This desk is suitable
for people four foot to up to six foot, four inches tall.
So this desk has a dual motor system,
has thick carbon steel legs
and it can hold up to 355 pounds in weight.
Another feature of this desk is the embedded cable tray.
You can hide your cables from your computer,
your monitor, speaker system all in here
to make a nice clean workstation.
So this advanced keypad has numerous options here.
You can go up and down with the arrows.
You can select three different height presets.
So if you find a height, you like
you can program it in there, and just select that height
with the simple push of a button.
It also has a child block, which is the M.
And it also has a sit to stand reminder button,
which is the A.
On the side, you will find a USB charging port too.
So you can charge your phone from the keypad.
The last feature of this desk is the anti-collision feature.
If I'm lowering my desk and bump into an object
the desk will simply stop and rise back up.
When ordering on a Flexispot,
you can select a T frame, which we have here.
They also have a C frame option where the support
beam is more on one side.
It can also come in different colors.
Here, we have white. You can also choose a black option.
The desktop itself is also customizable on their website.
You can choose from a variety of different materials
and colors.
For more information about the Flexispot Pro Plus
Standing Desk, please check the description box below.
- So the second source of pain
is often the upper
pious muscle.
And what that's caused by
if your shoulder blade is depressed.
- Oh. My shoulder blade is depressed right here Bob.
- Right.
So it's lower than it should be.
- Yes
- And it causes these muscles to work harder.
So we gotta get that shoulder blade back up.
One way is, Brad you wanna show on the chair?
- Yep.
- Get some support so those muscles don't have to work
and they can relax.
- Right.
So you can take a pillow, put it here.
If you've got a adjustable armrest that will work.
A lot of chairs do not have that.
So you can put a pillow in there.
And actually it's more comfortable anyways, a lot.
You can just, my shoulder is definitely more relaxed.
Just putting that there.
- Right. Plus you can adjust the desk
to have the keyboard right.
- Right. Exactly. You know.
- Right.
- You wanna make sure it's not
- And
- too, too low or get it up where it belongs.
- You wanna show when you're at leisure Brad?
- When I'm at lee? Oh!
- Oh, holding on to the arm.
- Right. So if I was in a recliner?
- Right.
- Yeah and then you may put it here
- Stick it like this Brad. Sorry.
- Like What?
- Like this.
- Actually.
- Oh, what's the difference?
- It helps, elevate.
- Oh yeah, yeah I get it. I just give him a hard time.
Yeah, so get that a little bit.
It's amazing how you get that in there.
- Right.
- You can feel that, those muscles relax
and it is a support.
- I know what I'm doing.
Okay. The final thing is back pain, Brad.
Quite often caused by way too much sitting.
So you can do one or two things.
You can stand for a while,
or you can actually go for a walk.
So at work, you may not be able to go for a walk.
So if you have a desk that you can raise it
or if you're at home.
- These are becoming so much more popular.
A lot of workplaces are getting them for their employees
and then stand and work at this level.
And this is where you really need to have
a separate keyboard.
- Right.
- Otherwise, if you're up like this, you're gonna
- Exactly.
- have problems as well.
So the adjustment you gotta get it just right.
And you may change the adjustment within six inches or so
to put on your body.
But yeah, getting up and walking
and getting that movement in the back
- Even for a minute.
- Right. If you just gotta walk to the restroom and back
- Drink water
- Yeah, exactly.
- The final thing you could do is get a good back chair.
- Right.
- And Mike will go over the details of this chair right now.
- Right?
- Thanks Mike.
- This is a Flexispot Ergonomic Chair Pro.
Let's talk about it.
So this chair has many adjustable features.
First, we're gonna look at the headrest.
You can adjust the headrest
by pulling it up or pushing it down.
The next adjustable feature we're gonna talk about
are the armrest.
You can adjust them up and down, forward and back,
or you can also pitch 'em in or out.
The next adjustable feature I wanna talk about is
the back support.
Now you can go in a reclined or straight up position
and you can lock it anywhere in-between. So it doesn't move.
You can also adjust the tension
on this to give you more or less support.
The last adjustable feature I wanna talk about is the seat.
You can adjust the height like any normal chair
but, you can also adjust the seat pan depth.
So I can go forward or backward
and pick which position feels best to me.
The back support is made of two different types of plastic.
Up top, we have a soft plastic
and down below we have more of a firm plastic.
The soft plastic will conform to your body weight
making the chair more comfortable for you.
For more information about the Flexispot Ergonomic Chair Pro
please check the description box below.
- So as reminders, we're giving away a chair, and a desk.
- Yes.
- And Flexispot is having their sixth anniversary sale.
- The big six. I remember when I was six years old.
- So I don't. Happy Anniversary.
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