How Does Anti Fatigue Matting Work?
Occupational health and safety is an important topic of discussion among employers in Canada. Even common-law jurisdiction says employers have a common law duty to take reasonable care of the health and safety of their employees. That’s why accessories like anti-fatigue matting or standing desks are common at workplaces although it is not required for employer's operations. Well, if you also have heard some praise of anti-fatigue mats from someone and may be wondering how anti-fatigue mats actually work, in this blog post we are going to answer that. How does anti-fatigue mat work? Anti-fatigue mats work on the principle of the venous pump by contracting and relaxing your calf muscles and allowing the blood to push up from lower limbs. Venous pump is a natural mechanism of the body that occurs when we walk or run. When we walk or run, our calf muscles contract and squeeze the blood and push up through the valve towards the heart. The contraction of calf muscles pushes the blood aga...