Extremely off topic help required
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- JohnClimber
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Extremely off topic help required
As a lot of us are "of a certain age" I'm asking for your help.
Office chairs,
Like a lot of firms (mine is no different) they buy everyone those cheap black fake leather adjustable chairs like those that Argos sell.
But mine is hurting my lower back, yes I do walk around a fair bit but the seat has no real support.
Can you post on here a link to the chair that you have at work and which solves this lower bad back problem please?
Office chairs,
Like a lot of firms (mine is no different) they buy everyone those cheap black fake leather adjustable chairs like those that Argos sell.
But mine is hurting my lower back, yes I do walk around a fair bit but the seat has no real support.
Can you post on here a link to the chair that you have at work and which solves this lower bad back problem please?
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Re: Extremely off topic help required
Bit of an extreme approach but can you move to a stand up station?
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Maybe if the desk and stand up lean on chair combo is around the same price and a chairvoodoo_simon wrote: ↑Fri Jul 15, 2022 6:59 pm Bit of an extreme approach but can you move to a stand up station?
I don't want to stand up all day.
Please show me what's out there
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Backs are buggers aren't they JC.... roll with me on this one, unlikely as it looks these kneeling chairs did me a power of good once....
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Re: Extremely off topic help required
I find this does wonders for my back or at least takes my mind of it.
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"My God, Ponsonby, I'm two-thirds of the way to the grave and what have I done?" - RIP
The sign outside the asylum is the wrong way round.....
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Re: Extremely off topic help required
That'll keep your back straightBearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Fri Jul 15, 2022 7:26 pm I find this does wonders for my back or at least takes my mind of it.
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Re: Extremely off topic help required
Got a pic of what you use presentoy and what you look like sat on it?
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Re: Extremely off topic help required
Mines a 'torason' fully adjustable chair with inflatable lumbar support (Note lumbar, not anything else Stu )
There are loads of different makes with the same adjustability. I got one after a DSE assessment and an official dodgy back prognosis from the GP.
The chairs that you sort of kneel on, big balls and stand up desks are a waste of time as you still end up slouching but with no support so they are much worse than a good supportive chair and regularly standing up and stretching.
There are loads of different makes with the same adjustability. I got one after a DSE assessment and an official dodgy back prognosis from the GP.
The chairs that you sort of kneel on, big balls and stand up desks are a waste of time as you still end up slouching but with no support so they are much worse than a good supportive chair and regularly standing up and stretching.
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I have a Herman Miller Sayl in the garden office, I find it very comfy.
While I did not pay for it, I would certainly look at buying another Herman Miller if the need arose..
While I did not pay for it, I would certainly look at buying another Herman Miller if the need arose..
There are theories at the bottom of my jargon.
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Have a search on eBay for ‘humanscale chair’ John, the high-back type is the one to get. Still pricy 2nd hand like, but if you keep an eye out you may find something reasonable..
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Re: Extremely off topic help required
Seconding Herman miller here, the Aerons are extremely comfy and ergonomically adjustable
But a bit spendy
But a bit spendy
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Re: Extremely off topic help required
Get a lumbar support pad for the chair (might only be short term fix but quick and cheap to try) and get a programme of core exercises for you (virtually free and the benefits are transferable to a packraft, maybe all this recent paddling has set your back off?).
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Yep a bit (a lot) too spend for our worksFat tyre kicker wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 10:14 pm Seconding Herman miller here, the Aerons are extremely comfy and ergonomically adjustable
But a bit spendy
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Teacher. I dream of a poorly fitting chair.
No help to you, I’m either stood/leaning on whiteboard/ on lab stool. Sorry!
No help to you, I’m either stood/leaning on whiteboard/ on lab stool. Sorry!
Re: Extremely off topic help required
Another vote for Herman Miller, the Aeron is easily the comfiest office chair I've used