Nowadays, low-profile furniture is very popular in the market. Even furniture advertisements in fashion magazines mostly promote low tables, low coffee tables and low sofas to reflect their unique personality and fashionable style. But do you know that although many low-profile furniture are fashionable and unique, their height is unreasonable, and long-term use can easily affect the body's spine, lumbar spine, cervical spine, vision, shoulders and elbows, knees and leg joints, leaving many hidden dangers of diseases.
1. Tables
When you stand, spread your hands out flat, the distance between your palms and the ground is the suitable height of the table for you. If the table is too low, your upper body will involuntarily lean on the tabletop, and your head will also lower accordingly. Long-term bending over and lowering your head will easily cause soreness and fatigue in the spine, waist and neck. In severe cases, it can even lead to diseases such as spondylosis, lumbar muscle strain and cervical spondylosis.
2. Chairs
The height difference between the table and the chair should be between 280mm and 300mm, the height under the writing desk should not be less than 580mm, and the width should not be less than 520mm. When you sit on the chair with both feet flat on the ground, if your thighs are parallel to the ground and your calves can be basically perpendicular to the ground, then the chair height is appropriate. If the chair is too close to the ground, when you sit on it, it is difficult to straighten your legs, your lower limbs are in a bent state, and your leg joints cannot relax. Over time, your legs, waist and arms can easily get fatigued, which may lead to some waist diseases and arthritis.
3. Beds
440mm is a healthy height (calculated by the distance from the bedding surface to the ground). Whether the height of the bed edge is appropriate mainly depends on the height of the user's knee. When you sit naturally, your feet being 1 to 2 centimeters above the ground is enough. If the bed edge is too low, your legs cannot relax naturally when you sit on the edge of the bed. Over time, the leg nerves will be compressed. In addition, the bed surface is prone to moisture, and people will inhale some dust from the ground during sleep.
4. Pillows
The pillow height for adults is 80-120mm, and it should be slightly lower for the elderly and children. Because the height of the pillow directly affects sleep. If the pillow is too high, people cannot be in a natural relaxed state, which affects sleep quality and hinders blood circulation. It is especially bad for children's growth and development and the health of the elderly.
5. Sofas
The front width of the sofa seat should not be less than 480mm, the seat depth should be between 480mm and 600mm, and the seat height should be within the range of 360mm to 430mm. The seat height of the sofa should match the height of the knee after bending, so that people can feel comfortable. The height of the sofa backrest is designed according to the curve of the lumbar spine. Only when there is a support point above the waist and below the scapula can the body relax. If the sofa is too low and too soft, people will easily sink their whole body into it when sitting, which will also affect spinal health. Especially for children in the growth and development stage, it may lead to hunchback or scoliosis, and for the elderly, it is more likely to aggravate waist and back diseases.
6. Coffee tables
The height of the coffee table should be level with the seat of the sofa, so that we can easily take things from the tabletop. If the coffee table is too low, when people take things, their arms and waist and back have to exert force downward, which can easily damage the waist and back.
7. TV cabinets
The height of the TV cabinet should ensure that the line of sight of the audience falls exactly on the center of the TV screen after sitting down. If the cabinet is too low, it will cause a downward-looking posture, and the head will involuntarily lower, which is bad for the cervical spine and vision. If the TV is wall-mounted, the height of the TV cabinet can be ignored.
8. Kitchen utensils
Under normal circumstances, the height of the cooker countertop is appropriately about 65 cm to 70 cm, and the operating countertop and the sink are appropriately about 80 to 85 cm. For the same reason, if kitchen utensils are too low, people often need to bend over during cooking, and the neck and legs can easily get tired from exertion, which is easy to cause repeated strain and injury to the waist and back, spine and neck.
The above dimensions need to be determined according to your own situation, there is no strict standard. You just need to adjust it according to the height of the main user.
In short, when purchasing furniture, you should not only pay attention to the trendy and fashionable appearance. You must try it in person to make sure your body feels comfortable, effortless, not easy to fatigue, and can move freely.