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Kitchen Riser Hack

Eileen, CCWC

Activities of Daily Living, Ergonomics

And another ergonomic HACK for the kitchen:

[USE THIS platform Hack ONLY if you have stable BALANCE in general AND you can easily step up and down about 4” multiple times a day without damage or pain.]

I use a very sturdy riser in the kitchen that I can stand on to relieve back and shoulder pain as you work around the sink and countertops. IT MUST BE WIDE ENOUGH BOTH WAYS.

You don’t want to balance or stand on anything wobbly, too high, too narrow or a step stool. You want a platform you can move around that’s only about 4” off the floor.

I found one of those $80 platforms of 43” x 16” plastic that’s an exercise platform called The Step Original aerobic exercise platform, “Health Club Size” to be perfect and cost effective.

I placed mine on a mat made of a piece of thin, clean/new ridged garage mat style mat from the Home Depot or Lowes. You can even have them cut it to size to just fit under the plastic feet of the platform.

Unless you have a tile kitchen floor, you will want the mat under the platform also, since in my opinion the plastic feet of the platform mar the kitchen floor a bit.

The mat also adds more stability.

Turn the mat up-side-down so the pile rug is upside down on the floor, and the plastic underside of the mat is on top. Place the platform on it that way on top of the plastic bottom of the mat.

Unless on rough tile, I find I can easily slide it all back and forth if I’m working at another section of countertop.

I discarded the two extra 2” risers. The 4” of the main body fits neatly under my lower kitchen cabinets so they still open nicely. And the platform is low enough for me to step up and down with pretty good ease.

I place a padded kitchen sink rug over the top on the platform that’s cushy to stand on and resists splashes.

It lifts me 4” more over my work area—just soooo saving my arms and back and neck to do peeling work, or the mashed potatoes mixing (with the bowl still IN the sink!).

And I guess I get a bit of extra “Step” workout going on and off it! This would definitely count as some of your daily Movement!

It sits in front of my kitchen sink and extends a bit out on either side. I can easily move around and back and forth on it, or easily slide it over a bit if I want to have it more in front of a particular counter space.

Here is the link for the other kitchen tools and equipment.

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