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How To Fit Your Office Chair To Your Comfort Level
by Rhys Bermer
http://www.rhoffice.com
How many hours a week do you spend sitting in your office
chair? It is certainly more time than you spend in the
easy chair in your living room or family room that you so
carefully selected for personal comfort. If you are
afforded the luxury of selecting your own office chair,
here are some pointers for finding the right chair for
yourself.
The general principles for selecting the most fitting office
chair are as follows:
1. Get the right back support of at least 90 to 105 degrees
for maximum support.
2. Make sure the chair's height is set so your feet rest
comfortably on the floor.
3. Your lap should rest parallel to the floor so you get
the best circulation.
4. Don't let your chair have so much tilt that you can
touch the floor behind you.
The most important feature in an office chair should be the
back support. When the backrest is contoured to conform to
your body's natural shape and your size, you are supported
the right way. Many back supports adjust to various heights
and are adjustable at any time.
Avoid the idea of a soft seat on your office chair.
Remember that you will be sitting upright for hours and
not lounging like you were watching television. An office
chair needs to support your body evenly so that you do not
develop muscle fatigue during the day. Ideally, the seat
cushion should be sculpted rather than flat so that it
supports the thighs as well as the buttocks. Look for a
waterfall style seat as well. This style of seat cushion
slopes forward so that you get improved circulation to your
legs during the day.
Another important feature is the chair's controls for
adjustability. These controls should be easy for the sitter
to reach and operate smoothly up and down or forward and
backward. Since many office chair users shift to surfaces
at different heights throughout the day, such as from a long
desk to a computer station, this feature is essential to
their level of comfort.
A good office chair has casters that allow for easy
movement across the floor or carpet. The newer office
chairs feature five casters in comparison to four casters
on older office chairs. Office chairs with five radial
legs are safer and more stable than the older chairs with
only four legs.
Who hasn't sat all day and experienced some toll on one's
back. The right office chair can relieve a lot of this
strain. Other measures to take to improve your back are to
break away from sitting for about two minutes every 30
minutes or to stretch and shift positions frequently. This
is necessary to maintain a strong and correct posture.
Another factor that can affect your sitting position and
comfort level is your glass' prescription. The wrong
prescription tends to force you to make improper adjustments
in how you tilt your head or lean into a computer screen.
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