EKOBOR Health Tips

This is Kei Kei, Founder of EKOBOR.

It has almost been three years since I have started this brand, though our company has reached its 110 years milestones originated from Sweden this year.

這幾個月以來因為新型冠狀病毒影響下，令很多打工仔話雇主都被迫要留在家中工作減少傳播機會。工作模式改變了，由以前一星期五至六日都需要長時期在辦公室工作，到現在只需要兩至三天才需要回辦公室處理事務，大大改變了工作模式，就是我們這數年經常在別人口中聽到的Home Office。

這數年時間越來越多人特別喜歡去做gym，玩cross fit、打kick boxing, 各種各類嘅保健食品廣告到處都可以看見。 健康飲食和運動都變成生活不可缺少的一部份！ 但由於因為疫情影響下的緣故，大家都唔能夠以往一貫作風每日都去做gym上健身堂，無得運動之餘又要繼續在家中工作，怎樣去健康地抗疫呢？

答案: 電動工作升降枱！

棋棋自從生完一對孖胎之後因為生育過程導致脊椎移位疼痛，令她萌生成立EKOBOR 專業人體工學家具方案的公司，專針對對久坐而導致的腰痛神經問題的工作人士。她在人體工學這方面產生了濃厚的興趣和研究，修讀了一個職安人體工學課程和高級私人體適能教練的證書課程，希望透過自己的知識能改變舊有的久坐工作模式，達到減低背痛和脊柱側彎，也大大提升了工作效率，肥胖，新陳代謝和血液循環 等等的問題出現。

升降枱不單只能對工作人士有非常正面的影響，對小朋友成長發育時期肌肉產生的疼痛問題都會有改善。若果大家想知多些升降枱的好處，歡迎聯絡我們EKOBOR的團隊了解詳細點！

AUSTIN PREIMUM 升降枱 包運費，安裝，免訂造費用！快啲買啦！

https://ekobor.com.hk/collections/ekobor-standing-desk

!!Happy Thanksgiving !!
一天充滿「感謝的心」的日子！除咗要感謝自己身邊嘅朋友同家人，亦要多謝所有支持和留意EKOBOR的朋友！希望大家都健健康康！開開心心！ 😛如果你有「寒背」問題又未去到需要睇脊醫嘅時候，非常歡迎你搵我地分享下，當識多個朋友都好呀😂☺️

令大家減少脊骨痛楚或預防脊骨毛病就係我哋EKOBOR 嘅理念同埋目標 !

🥰非常榮幸做了這個大型項目，一間全公司都採用了我們EKOBOR提供的升降枱，大約有130張，雙摩打，連屏風和cable management ，300多個儲物櫃，和200多張椅子🙇‍♀️

‼️最重要的是‼️
我們EKOBOR 除了為客戶提供辦公室家具以外，項目完成後，EKOBOR 的創辦人 (擁有職業人體工學證書) 也會親自為客戶提供一個 #辦公室#人體工學的 免費的分享環節，希望大家都能明白更多健康工作的重要性和使用方法！ Maximise the benefits of #standingdesk 🥰

又要提提大家⛑「寒背」其實有另外一個弊處，就係會令到消化系統冇咁靈活！！！

👉🏻👉🏻👉🏻有興趣就快啲聯絡我地問吓啦！

星期六日大家快樂！

所以唔好睇少一張好椅子嘅威力！！

令大家減少脊骨痛楚或預防脊骨毛病就係我哋EKOBOR 嘅理念同埋目標 !

👉🏻PREVENTION IS THE CURE!
👉🏻預防「等於」治療

#升降枱 #ekobor #standingdesk #人體工學 #健康工作 #分享人體工學知識
#capisco #唔使再翹腳 #預防脊骨痛楚 #寒背
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歡迎聯絡我地詢問！

電話 Tel: 2555 5555
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電郵 E-mail: info@ekpac.com
WhatsApp: 6085 4999

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銅鑼灣告士打道信和廣場2803室

Opening Hours:
Monday to Friday : 9-7pm
Saturday : 9-1pm
Sunday : Closed

♥️時間真係過得好快，仲記得當時都冇諗過要生小朋友👧🏼👶。甘快就來三歲。
呢幾年覺得好似無停過。#ekobor 同湊佢地，工作、屋企、家人、接翻學放學，每日都不斷盤旋起呢個過程。但亦都係因為你地所以先有決心搞 #ekobor 。

自己經歷左先明白生小朋友個心境係好複雜，成日擔心個👶BB無營養，去唔到佢到，又驚壓住佢地，又驚佢地唔郁。仲知未真正做人呀媽都已經覺得好需要「全力以赴」準備好，但亦都令我明白到沒有最好，只有不斷同佢地一齊學習，學習做媽咪，學習耐性，學習溝通。。。

[預防 = 治療，🍋🥦健康都是可以從後天努力改善的]

💟EKOBOR都成立左差唔多三3️⃣年，直屬維昌洋行集團(EKPAC Group) ，專注做醫療醫院項目和醫療儀器供應。

源自於瑞典Gothenburg，維昌集團都超過💯年歷史了。

Cubicles and Individual workstations with high wall partitions usually discourage creativity and communications flow among your colleagues.

What is an Open Office?

An open office is an open-plan work environment where it is without enclosed office rooms or cubicles for employees. Usually, employees work together in the same room, often opposite of or beside each other, while seated along a huge desk or on workstations positioned close together.

Office designs plays a huge role in the company culture you want to have.  Open Office Design trends is becoming more popular these days because the work nature has changed. Traditional companies become less hierarchical and more teamwork oriented, which encourage employees to interact more with others within an office environment.  

It is important that within a working space environment there are areas where you can think, collaborate, chat or communicate, talk on the phone especially with sensitive topics. 

Personally,I think the topic of Open Office Planning can be quite controversial and there is no absolute ideal working environment as one design cannot suit all. A closed office benefits individuals who need privacy and less interruption during work. Noise is also an issue when lots of people are on business calls, well, Phone booths could be one solution given that there are sufficient working space.

If you are looking for a new office design, how would you want it to be like?

起初未接觸使用升降台嘅時候，我都唔明白點解要用一張可以升同降嘅枱。工作嘅時候唔係應該坐喺度做嘢嘅咩?

其實都係直至我懷孕左一對孖胎嘅時候，因為我本身個人個子比較細小，兩個BB係個肚裏面確實頗吃力的。

當時我嘅肚非常非常的大，而我最擔心的是肚子沒有空間給他們走動而且壓着他們導致沒有氧氣和營養不足。

所以我明白了透過輪流交替站立和坐下和多走路之間的換轉來促進血液循環，令養分去到BB度！呢個時段令我拎唔到升降枱嘅好處原來係咁用:)

多活動對BB和身體都好，最後我對寶寶一個有六磅半另外一個有五磅半左右，以我只有五呎高的身形算是不錯了。

但生完BB之後問題就出現了。就是我的這椎骨都呈現了S型的情況。這段時間我的背部常常出現痛楚﹐一個星期去看脊醫兩次至三次左右，而醫藥費也不輕。就是這段經歷令我明白到使用升降枱工作的好處其實對整個人的健康有很大的幫助。

因為透過站坐這個交替動作令到身體的血液不斷循環，水腫的問題也少了，而且精神和集中力也好了很多，最緊要係背脊已經冇咩痛!

升降枱有另一個好處，特別在吃完午飯的時候，經常都會感到比較疲累。吃完飯又要趕着工作，企30分鐘左右幫助消化之餘又令我嘅工作效率提升了不少。

其實很多人都沒有留意自己的坐姿是否正確﹐坐知不正確其實會導致身體很多痛症特別是頸部和下背部，久而久之日積月累就會導致坐骨神經痛楚等問題出現。

所以其實要及早預防，學懂正確的站立和坐下的姿勢才是最重要的。

下回再分享:)

我們都知道久坐對骨骼有害，而且會導致腰酸背痛。但你不知道其實還有許多隱藏危害－到底久坐不運動的危害到底有多大呢？

We all know that prolonged sitting is harmful to our bones because it would lead to neck and back pain. However, do you know that its harm is far more than that? Let’s how does prolonged sitting harm our body?

女性久坐更易得3種癌

Women have higher chance of 3 kinds of cancer

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研究發現，久坐對女性的傷害遠高於男性，它容易導致女性患癌，特別是乳腺癌、卵巢癌、多發性骨髓瘤的風險上升。

Some studies revealed that prolonged sitting is more harmful to women than men. It would increase female’s risk of cancer, especially breast, ovarian cancer and multiple myeloma.

男性久坐會提前進入更年期

Earlier onset of menopause for men

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久坐不動的男性因缺乏鍛煉，會產生心理壓抑、無精打采、倦怠無力。總是「黏」在椅子上的男性腦力勞動者會比其他男性更早步入更年期。

Men who sit for a long time are lack of exercise. It would lead to depression, listless and fatigue. In this case, they would have an earlier onset of menopause than others.

易患老年痴呆

Higher chance of Alzheimer’s disease

久坐會引起乏力、失眠、記憶力減退，長期處於腦部供血不足，進而增大患老年痴呆症的可能。

Sitting for a long time would lead to fatigue, insomnia and poor memory. The insufficient blood supply to brain would lead to a higher chance of Alzheimer’s disease.

消化功能減退

Diminished digestive system

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易引起腸胃蠕動減慢，消化腺分泌消化液減少，出現食欲不振、腹脹、便秘等症狀。

Prolonged sitting would result in a decline of intestinal peristalsis and fewer digestive fluids that lead to poor appetite, bloating, constipation and so on.

締造健康工作文化已成為西方潮流，不少外國公司都花資源推廣健康工作文化，並打造讓員工安心工的的辦公室環境。

透過優化工作環境，有助減少員工流失、提高工作士氣、讓員工有健康的身體。

締造健康工作文化的重點在於讓同事們積極參與與投入活動，同時讓員工在工作時多點活動及保持靈活性。

以下是締造健康工作文化的3個建議。

營造積極運動的企業文化

健康工作間不止於提供身體鍛煉課程，或工作期間提供生果或健康零食，而是推廣適當小休與身體活動。雇主不需投入太多的資源去推廣，簡單例子如可以鼓勵同事調較鬧鐘，提示自己適時站立工作，或休息一下。

久坐不動一向被認為是增加患心臟病、糖尿病等慢性疾病的風險，同時是增重或患抑鬱症的原兇。適當身體運動才能保持身心健康。

建立「多企」文化

白領花不少時間坐在辦公桌前工作。我們每天平均花9小時坐在電腦面前工作。缺乏運動導致缺乏能量，專注力和生產力，同時讓同事工作時感到疲倦。為了提高同事們的工作效率，可考慮購買Ekobor人工力學升降桌與HÅG Capisco騎馬椅。

Ekobor升降桌符合人體工學設計，有助矯正姿勢及減低疲勞，用家可調整檯的高度，在站立與坐下之間交替工作，提升同事們的活動頻率，並提升專注力及生產力。

HÅG Capisco座椅設計靈感來自於馬鞍，是款動態座椅，充滿靈活性，讓同事們按需要交替不同坐姿。

 詳情可聯絡我們。

多「鼓勵」文化

根據正向心理學的研究指出，「多點鼓勵，少些責備」有助推動員工工作士氣，讓同事工作時更感到更快樂，而快樂與健康有著密切的關係。而推動多「鼓勵」文化不需要投入很多資源，簡單例子如可設立「員工分享展示板」分享同事間工作軼事，或鼓勵員工相互間分享發送感謝信或電子郵件。

Employee wellness programs become a staple in many western companies. It keeps the top talents healthy, happy and productive. The elements of organizing a robust health and wellness program are to encourage employees to engage the program, keep them moving while enjoying the program.

Here are some of the best tips and ideas in promoting health and wellness in the workplace.

Create a Company Culture of Active Movement

Wellness initiatives are more than just offering an exercise program or distributing healthy snacks. It also promotes the culture of active breaks or walking. Employers can start their active movement campaigns without incurring much cost. Ideas can be as simple as advocating active breaks or standing at work. Coworkers can set their alarm clock and remind themselves to stand up at work or take a short break. Sedentary working was believed to have caused chronic illness, weight gain, chronic pain and even depression. The human body needs movement to stay healthy!

Encourage Employees to Work While Standing

We spend lots of time sitting in front of the desk. According to a recent survey, we spend 9 hours at least sitting down on average. Lack of movement contributes to a lack of energy, focus and productivity. In order to improve your team energy level, why not invest in Ekobor standing desk and HÅG Capisco Office chairs.

Ekobor offers a wide range of the height-adjustable desks with drawers. The ergonomics tables perfectly fit for busy individuals who prefer keeping their standing desk neat and tidy all the time.

The Capisco chairs enhance your overall posture and work performance. Inspired by the horseman's saddle and sitting posture, HÅG Capisco allow you and your employee to sit in different positions that suit your need.

Click here to get your own ergonomic workstation today. 

Create a Gratitude Practice

Gratitude is strongly associated with greater happiness according to positive psychology research. Showing your gratitude can make your employee happier. An employee also has a stronger immune system. Showing appreciation can promote a productive work environment. In order to encourage the culture of expressing gratitude, you can start by creating a gratitude board where people can give a shout out for their work, or simply encouraging people to send thank you notes or email to their co-workers.