Workstation posture for teams and clinics
A desk self-check each person runs at their own desk, with their own camera, in about two minutes. They get a moving figure of how to sit, and three to five specific adjustments. You get a team picture without anyone’s photo. We are asking organisations whether they would use it before we build the rest — try it below, then tell us about yours.
Today this reads sitting and standing posture. A walking (gait) check is planned; it is not available yet.
Bring your feet forward about a hand's width
Rest them flat under your knees, so your knees open from about 72° to about 82°.
- Bring your feet forward about a hand's width. Rest them flat under your knees, so your knees open from about 72° to about 82°.
- Bring your trunk back about 21°. Sit back into the seat: your shoulders come over your hips and your hips open to about 92°.
- Ease your head back about 19°, toward over your shoulder. A small, comfortable movement of the ear toward the line of the shoulder. Raise what you are looking at if you were looking down.
This is what you get, before you decide anything. A drawn figure slumped toward a screen, seen from the side. It is built into the page and read by the same rules as the trial below: no camera, no upload, and nothing is sent.
- Screen heightRaise the screen about a hand's width (8–10 cm) — a stand or a stack of books — so the top line of text is near eye level. With a laptop, add a separate keyboard so the screen can come up.
- Keyboard and mouse distanceBring the keyboard and mouse about a hand's length closer, so your elbows rest by your sides bent at roughly a right angle.
- Seat height and depthRaise the seat two or three centimetres, or tilt it slightly forward, until your hips are level with or a little above your knees.
- Back supportPull the chair in until your stomach nearly touches the desk and sit back, so the backrest carries your weight; bring the screen closer if you were leaning in to read.
- FeetBring your feet forward and flat. If they do not reach the floor comfortably, lower the seat a little or add a footrest.
Try it on yourself — it runs on your device; nothing is sent.
Try the desk self-checkEmployees run it themselves
Side-on at the desk, hold still for two seconds. No installer, no wearable, no visit to book. The result is a short list of changes to the screen, keyboard, seat and feet.
Private by default
The check runs on the employee’s device. The employer sees only what the employee chooses to send, and the team summary never shows a group smaller than 8 desks, so nobody can be picked out.
For clinics
A before-and-after posture record per patient visit: the same view, the same angles, side by side — for the patient’s file and to show them what changed.
Sit at your desk as you usually work, hands on the keyboard, with the camera side-on a few steps away so it sees you from head to feet. It runs on this device: no picture, angle or result is sent to us. For adults at their own desk.
Loading the self-check…
These 40 desks are made up — no company, no people. A real summary would be built only from results employees chose to send, and it would never show a group smaller than 8 desks.
- Screen too low63% (25 of 40)
- Reaching for keyboard or mouse23% (9 of 40)
- Leaning away from the backrest40% (16 of 40)
- Feet not supported23% (9 of 40)
- Seat too low or perching15% (6 of 40)
The self-check reads a handful of angles from one side-view picture and compares them with common office ergonomics guidance: screen near eye level, elbows by the sides at about a right angle, hips a little open, feet supported. It is not a formal RULA or REBA assessment, it does not replace a display-screen-equipment assessment where the law asks for one, and it is not medical advice.
Curious for yourself? Try the personal posture check →