Posture in Housework

1949

National Agricultural Library

Agriculture Information Series Number 83

Using your body correctly helps you to get your work done more efficiently. Industrial engineers and others have found this to be true in the factory as well as in the home.

Good posture in housework will help you to —
1. Eliminate fatigue.
2. Improve your looks.
3. Get rid of nervous tensions and irritability.

You can attain good posture in housework by —
1. Using your body correctly.
2. Having the correct working heights.
3. Using the correct tool.
4. Eating foods that build healthy muscle.

If, when doing housework, you use your body correctly and take a few minutes to rest from time to time, you will be less tired. The United States Army has discovered by repeated tests that men can march better and hold up longer if they throw down their packs and rest 10 minutes out of every hour. So the Army forces them to do just that. To rest often and rest before you get tired are as important to you, a homemaker, as they are to a soldier.

The posture charts that follow are based on research findings.