PostureMinder acts as your personal posture coach, helping you to improve your working habits and how you sit to prevent (or recover from) back pain and other work-related ill-health

If you use PostureMinder together with a USB webcam, you'll be able to benefit from targeted posture reminders that appear precisely when you need them - when you've been sitting badly for a while

By only reminding you when you're sitting in a poor posture, PostureMinder will help you achieve significant, lasting improvements in how you sit to protect and improve your spinal health

However, if you don't have a webcam available PostureMinder can still provide valuable reminders to think about your posture from time-to-time, at intervals set to suit you

When using PostureMinder with a webcam you can be confident that no images are stored or transmitted anywhere, so there are no privacy, security or bandwidth issues

PostureMinder's additional tools for healthy PC use:

Break and micro-break reminders* encourage you to switch tasks or take regular short breaks from your computer, instead of working continuously until fatigue builds up, your concentration fails and you start making mistakes.

Research shows that working like this will help you feel better and get much more done

In the Professional Edition, comprehensive ergonomic workstation training and self-assessment covers all topics set out in the UK display screen equipment regulations, and more. On completion it generates a record of the training completed and any issues raised in the course of the self-assessment

If you purchase the Home Edition for yourself or your family, the software includes detailed ergonomic advice on setting up your home computing environment for healthy use

Video-guided stretch exercises are included to help you relieve tension and fatigue. You will be offered these whenever the software reminds you you're due a break, or you can access them directly at any time you feel the need to relieve some tension

The hydration tool* helps you to keep track of your consumption of caffeinated drinks and water to help you improve your hydration habits for better health and concentration

Whether you suffer from existing back, neck or shoulder pain or RSI, want to avoid developing such conditions in future, or just want to feel better and use your PC more effectively, PostureMinder will help

*micro-break reminders and hydration tracker appear in the Professional Edition only