Eliminating office fatigue can be as easy as reconsidering your choice of desk furniture.

Most computer users will recognise the maladies that afflict the hard workers of the digital age; fatigue, strained backs and eyes, the dreaded occupational overuse syndrome- all because the modern workplace requires us to become slaves to the screen.

You could demand ergonomic computer chairs at your office, tack up a list of occupational exercises to your cubicle wall, stop crossing your legs, and give yourself a five minute break every hour. But if you are still experiencing back pain it may not just be slouching that is your problem.

Typing instructors advise that the correct seated position at a computer requires your fingertip to shoulder placement to create a 90 degree angle with your screen at a height that necessitates a straight necked poise- difficult for fast paced laptop users. Unless you have piles of old phone books on hand at your place of work, you’ll find most of your hunch backed contemporaries suffering over their desks.

Luckily, some local creative minds already have you sorted. This wooden stand from Madebydan in Wellington has been designed to raise your laptop to a posture enhancing height. The stand also features a thoughtfully sloped design to suit laptop users.

So heads up, folks, and save your back with one of Madebydan’s innovative new laser cut products, attractively proportioned to fit the latest MacBooks.