| Many people do not realize the negative effects | | | | Neck: The natural way to hold your neck is |
| that poor posture can have on their body, as well | | | | relatively straight up; when looking down while |
| as the stress it adds to their heart rate and blood | | | | writing and reading, you are creating bad habits |
| pressure. Children and adults spend many hours | | | | for your neck muscles. You can reduce the strain |
| hunched over a desk, becoming exposed to | | | | and soreness of your muscles with use of an |
| potential long-term harm to their backs, necks, | | | | angled surface. |
| shoulders, and wrists. | | | | Back: The same goes for your back. The natural |
| Unfortunately, the hours spent at a desk cannot | | | | curve of your back is a very slight angle. By |
| normally be altered, since reading, writing and | | | | hunching over, your upper, middle, and lower back |
| studying are all required throughout school. The | | | | muscles are strained. This can create many |
| solution to all of these issues comes in the form | | | | problems later in life, as well as habits of poor |
| of adjustable reading and writing slant boards. | | | | posture forever. |
| These boards are ergonomically designed to | | | | Wrists: This is an issue for those who write or |
| reduce eye fatigue, and they allow you to | | | | type a lot. Carpal tunnel syndrome is a very real |
| naturally sit up straight and practice good posture. | | | | scenario and can require invasive surgery to |
| These 22-degree angled boards come in the form | | | | correct. With a slanted board, your hands and |
| of a slanted reading and writing board, dry erase | | | | wrists can lay more naturally on the keyboard or |
| board, as well as a wipe board that's magnetic, | | | | writing surface, reducing your chances of |
| and they benefit many areas of the body. | | | | developing wrist and joint problems. |
| Eyes: When books are laid down on a horizontal | | | | Stress: All of these are different forms of stress |
| surface, your eyes are forced to refocus as they | | | | on various body parts. These slant boards have |
| move down the page. With the slant boards, the | | | | also be known to lower blood pressure, and |
| entire page is put into focus at once, which | | | | reduce your heart rate, simply because they allow |
| reduces eye fatigue and lessens the chances of | | | | your muscles to relax at a much more natural |
| vision deterioration. | | | | angle and position. |