home office
The furniture company has made a forecast of what people’s physique and health will be like in the year 2100
Per O Globo agencyJUNE 16, 2023 @ 4:27pm
Since she was on screen most of the day, she looked swollen and red. reproduction
For those who work remotely, there is value in not having to deal with morning or late afternoon traffic. Being cozy at home on cold days, in socks and slippers and working disheveled has become the new normal in the wake of the Covid19 pandemic. But a projection by furniture company Furniture At Work can change many people’s minds.
The Canadian company used photos to reveal what home office workers would look like in 2100, and it’s not a very pretty image. According to them, people will have humped, black and swollen eyes and claws on their hands.
The model, nicknamed Anna, shows a lot of physical effects due to her consistent use of technology, screen exposure and poor posture and points to potential mental health issues. The company’s team produced the images after research by the University of Leeds in the UK found that a third of domestic workers in the country do not have a dedicated workplace at home.
For example, Anna works in bed because she doesn’t have her own office for her everyday work. This caused her back to arch and her shoulders to rise. Since she was on screen most of the day, she looked swollen and red.
Long hours of wrapping your hand around the mouse has caused your fingers to deform into permanent claws. She also suffered from weight gain, a weak immune system due to lack of fresh air, anxiety and depression.
“Remote workers should take regular breaks to stretch and exercise to prevent back and neck pain,” said Brian Clark, founder of United Medical Education.
In an interview with Globo, neurosurgeon Francisco Sampaio Júnior, a spine specialist at Sírio Libanês Hospital in São Paulo, says that the human body is not designed to sit in a chair for ten hours and that it is necessary to move.
“It hasn’t been officially described that we can get hunchbacked, but if we don’t change and don’t pass the right information down to our offspring, it could happen in the future,” he says.
And it is important that people at home have a space reserved for remote work, with ergonomic chairs and, moreover, that the boundaries between work and private time are defined.