The likelihood that everyone in your office has the same shoe size is probably really low. Between differences in height, gender, and age, shoe sizes can vary widely. So when all of your officemates are using the same standard desks and chairs, it would track that a lot of people find that their work environment doesn’t quite fit right either.

Compounding this problem is the fact that the average American spends approximately eight to nine hours a day sitting at work. No wonder 42% to 69% of office workers are estimated to have neck pain and 31% to 51% to have lower back pain.

“Some of the main risk factors that are leading to those injuries are awkward and non-neutral postures,” says Lora Cavuoto, director of University at Buffalo’s Ergonomics and Biomechanics Lab.

Luckily, learning so

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