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This tool deliberately keeps break content generic.
For individual workers
Generic timers can't tell you what your body needs. Tyler Ergonomics builds personalized movement protocols based on your real workstation.
Adjust the rhythm
Change session length, break cadence, activity-aware timing, and other preferences.
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Life|After® partners with Tyler Ergonomics for cancer survivor return-to-work support — with gentler session cadence.
How this works
A short tour of the philosophy and a few details worth knowing.
The philosophy
Every body is different. The wrong movement at the wrong moment can do more harm than good — sometimes it's the small thing that becomes the last straw in a slowly developing injury.
That's why the break content here is intentionally generic — look away, stand up, walk, hydrate. Universal, low-risk reminders. The specifics belong somewhere else.
Your home office assessment with Tyler Ergonomics provides:
About session length
Ergonomic risk is dose-dependent — heavier or longer work intervals build more strain. A trained evaluator can prescribe the session length that fits your body, your job, and any current conditions.
The default is 60 minutes — appropriate for most healthy desk workers. If you've been prescribed a different cadence (45, 30, even 20 minutes for high-risk conditions), set it once in Settings.
If you feel discomfort during a session, shorten it. Use the "Cut short" button. The goal is to listen to your body, not push through.
About micro-breaks
Some break tools advertise "micro-breaks" — 8 to 15 second pauses triggered by keystroke and mouse activity. Those tools can be powerful for high-intensity computer use, but they only work properly when the software can see your input across every application — which requires a desktop installer, not a web tool.
For broader habit-building at the hourly level, this Break Companion does what it's built for. For real usage-based micro-break protocols, an ergonomic assessment is the place to start — we can recommend the right combination of tools and habits for how you actually work.
About activity-aware timing
If you walk away mid-session and have "Activity-aware timing" on, the timer pauses automatically and resumes when you come back. That way your 60-minute session means 60 minutes of actual work — not wall-clock time that included a coffee run.
What we can see: keystrokes, mouse movement, scroll, and clicks within this browser tab. We pause the timer when you go idle.
What we can't see: activity in Word, Slack, Outlook, Zoom, or any other application. For full-workday tracking across every app, you'd need an installable program — or our home office assessment, which builds you a personalized break protocol based on your real workday patterns.
For HR & Wellness Leads
Set your organization's preferred session length and break cadence, then share a single link with every employee. Their app loads with your defaults pre-configured.
Share it
Two ways to pass it along to someone who'd benefit.
For HR & Wellness
Set the cadence that fits your workforce, then copy the shareable link.
Preferences
Tune the cadence to match the rhythm prescribed in your assessment.
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