Anti-fatigue mat---yes or no?
#22
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Thornton, Colorado
Posts: 1,023
Since I am quite vertically challenged, I use 5 or 6 layers of interlocking floor mats in front of the cutting table, ironing area and the long quilting frame. DH used those long plastic ties (around the interlocking parts, one or two per side) to keep the layers from slipping around. And I wear my Crocs, too. Between these two, I do not have any pain at all in my knees or back while I cut, iron or quilt. Well worth it!
#24
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Twin Cities, MN
Posts: 1,141
I don't have an official anti fatigue mat, but I use a memory foam cushioned kitchen rug at my cutting station. I definitely notice the difference. I'm almost always barefoot, so when I don't stand on the mat to cut (for longer periods of time) I feel like the balls of my feet are bruised.
#25
This sounds like something I can use. I find when standing at the stove cooking I have to take frequent sit down breaks because of back pain. I worry about the barefoot gals on here. If your rotary cutter ever fell off your table, you might lose a toe or worse!
#26
None in the sewing room but I do have them in the kitchen. I find I like to cook more, who would have thought!! I'm a barefoot gal and I use the cutter you must squeeze to cut with, when you stop squeezing, it automatically closes.
#30
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: High Desert CA
Posts: 19
I have bad feet and back, what works best for me is a gel floor mat. I use it in the kitchen, but take it to my cutting table when I need to cut a lot of fabric. I bought it at Costco, but I see Amazon has them as well.
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