A height adjustable desk allows you to precisely determine how high your desk will be when you’re sitting or standing.

Compared to traditional desks, height adjustable desks can help reduce the aches and pains associated with spending hours sitting at a desk, as it means you’ll be encouraged to keep moving. So, whether you work from home or in an office space, everyone can benefit from a height adjustable desk.

We have desks to suit every office environment, including small desks, corner desks and portable desks. Our height adjustable desks can even handle multiple monitors, ensuring your work setup will always be at the ideal height.

Discover our award-winning height adjustable desks here at Yo-Yo Desk. Our desks are available with next-day delivery and free installation.

Height Adjustable Desk Benefits

It’s a simple fact that fixed height desks aren’t built with your health and wellbeing in mind. Given the average worker will spend 10 hours sitting down per day, with 70% of this happening at work, it can soon create issues – especially if the height of the desk is not compatible with your own height. As a result, you may notice muscle aches and pains from working at your desk, which apart from affecting your health can also impact productivity and performance.

Adjustable height desks give you the freedom to move your desk so that it offers the optimum height when sitting or standing. For those who currently experience neck and back pain from desk work – a common risk of a sedentary lifestyle – adjusting the height of your desk can help you adopt a much better posture.

An adjustable desk will also encourage workers to switch between sitting and standing. There’s no ‘correct’ sitting position for prolonged periods of time, so regularly moving from a seated position to a standing position for a total of 2–4 hours per day can increase mobility, boost oxygen flow to the brain and help reduce the health risks associated with a sedentary lifestyle.

Height Adjustable Desk Types

• Adjustable Height Desk Frames
• Back-To-Back Adjustable Height Desks
• Corner Adjustable Height Desks
• Electric Desk Height Adjustable Standing Desks
• Home Office Height Adjustable Desks
• Mobile Adjustable Height Desks

Whether you want the ability to switch your posture while on video calls, or if you typically spend many hours a day sitting at a desk, the ability to adjust the height of the desk puts you in control. Our desks are also flexible for those who are short on space, need room for extra monitors or even collaboration with colleagues.

If you are unsure which height adjustable desk is right for you, it’s time to dig out the measuring tape! By measuring both your available space and your own height, you can land on the perfect desk type, plus ideal working height for you.

Our height adjustable desk experts can assist you further if you need any advice.

Adjustable Height Computer Desk FAQs

Have a question about our adjustable height desks? We’ve answered some of the most popular queries below. If you can’t find what you are looking for please get in touch with our customer support.

You can also read more about the benefits of height adjustable desks on our blog.

What is a Height Adjustable Desk?

A height adjustable desk puts you back in control of your comfort while working at a desk. Specifically, a height adjustable desk allows you to customise the height of your desk so that your spine, hips and head are in better alignment.

The mechanism that allows you to adjust the height of your desk can be operated manually by using a crank or lever. Electric height adjustable desks offer a contemporary alternative, as they allow you to program your ideal sitting and standing height into the desk providing the ultimate convenience.

Alternatively, a desk converter sits on top of a traditional desk to provide yet another way you can adjust the height of your working setup.

Are Height Adjustable Desks Worth It?

Yes! A typical desk leaves you with zero flexibility to adjust the height as you need. As you might expect, this one-size-fits-all design can result in neck and back pain. Likewise, it often means we spend far longer sitting down all day than is healthy.

When you switch to a height adjustable desk, you instantly get the freedom to move the height of your desk up or down as required. It’s recommended that during office hours, we switch positions every 30 minutes to improve our health. However, 95% of height adjustable desks are not used properly, meaning users don’t get the full health benefits.

So, whether you are standing, or want to sit in the most ergonomic way possible, a height adjustable desk is an incredible investment for any office setup.

How Do You Extend the Height of a Table?

If you’re looking for an adjustable height table, Yo-Yo Desk has a fantastic range to choose from. Crucially, all of our desks prioritise ergonomics and comfort, not to mention exceptional build quality.

By choosing a height adjustable standing desk, you can use the surface in place of a table to work on as you need. For working at a computer, your screen should be 50-70 cm away from your eyes for optimal posture.

How Do I Stop My Neck and Back From Hurting When Using the Computer?

Unfortunately, as so many office workers spend 10 hours a day sitting down, back and neck ache from working at a screen are extremely common. It can be useful to record yourself while working at a desk, as this may reveal you are adopting poor posture such as slouching or leaning your head forwards without even realising it.

From there, a change in desk setup will be needed so that your spine is better supported. Having a height adjustable desk can be extremely useful here, since each of us requires a desk height that is tailored, rather than a one-size-fits-all approach.

By ensuring your desk is at an ideal height for you, plus switching between standing and sitting, it can make a real difference. It’s essential to stand or move for at least 2–4 hours per working day.

Can a Height Adjustable Desk Improve Posture?

Absolutely, especially as you are able to adjust the height of the desk to your own height.

The simple fact is that it’s very easy to adopt a poor posture while working at a computer, including the classic forward head posture. Over time, this starts to put uneven strain on the discs, muscles and ligaments, which results in aches and strains, as noted in the Active Working Expert Statement.

By switching to a height adjustable desk, you can change the height of the desk so that it’s comfortable when sitting or standing, because you can adjust the level to achieve the best desk height for you.

Overall, this desk type also encourages you to move more throughout the day instead of remaining seated the entire time, as 95% of height adjustable desks are not used correctly, which reduces their effectiveness.