I keep seeing desk setups with the monitor way too high

Like every other post on here has a monitor sitting up near the ceiling and people are proud of it. I get that you want to look cool with your arms crossed standing at your desk but your neck is gonna hate you after a month. I made that mistake back in 2022 when I first built my setup in Denver. I had my main screen on a shelf about 4 inches too high and by week three I was getting headaches every afternoon. A buddy who works in ergonomics told me to drop it so the top of the screen is eye level or just below. I moved it down and the pain went away in like 5 days. So if you're posting a pic with your monitor way up there ask yourself if you actually sit and work at it or if it's just for the photo. Has anyone else fixed a similar issue just by lowering their screen a couple inches?

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troy_adams4d ago

Dude YESSS lmao I had the exact same problem when I built my first setup in my apartment in Austin back in 2021. I thought I looked so cool with my ultrawide propped up on a monitor arm that had it practically floating above my head. Two months in and I couldn't turn my neck without feeling this dull ache at the base of my skull. A friend from work came over and just laughed at me, grabbed the arm, and dropped the screen like 5 inches. I felt like an idiot but within a week my shoulders relaxed so much I could actually sit through a full gaming session without rolling my head around every 15 minutes. I swear, the ergonomics people are not joking about eye level.

chen.james4d ago

Did you have to readjust your desk height too or just the screen? I had mine sitting on a stack of books for years before someone told me to just lower the whole setup. Dropped everything by like 3 inches and it was night and day for my wrists and shoulders.