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Tip of the Month
Before you begin to read the tip of the month, I inquire you to well become aware of the manner that you are seated now. Ask you too namely if you feel pain to a point of your body. In the back? Or maybe at shoulders? At the nape? Are you seated comfortably on your work seating? If you pass more of 2 hours by day at your home desk you should seriously consider to invest in a good ergonomic work seating. It’s sure that at your work it’s more difficult to impose its desire concerning the equipment, but you can always suggest it to your boss or to the person in charge of health and safety. What is an ergonomic seating?
Here is the important points to consider:
1-Task chairs should have pneumatic seat height adjustment. This allows the seat height to be easily adjusted, acts as a shock absorber when sitting down and allows the chair to swivel so you don’t have to twist your back when reaching for things. A brand name gas lift from one of the original manufacturers is advisable, as many lower priced versions are unproven at best.
2-The seat pan should tilt forward and backward, should lock into any position to provide the variation in postures required by the human body, and have a tilt tension control if the seat has a free fl oat mode.
3-For a proper fitting seat, the seat should have a waterfall (curves downward) front edge to reduce pressure on the veins beneath the thighs and should subtly curve up at the sides to redistribute the user’s weight away from their seat bones. The seat pan depth should be adjustable.
4- To ensure the best support for your back, the backrest must have a firm lumbar support built into its structure, not just the foam, as foam alone cannot provide the force necessary to reposition the lumbar spine back into its natural curvature. The backrest should be the correct size for the length of the person’s back.
5- The angle between the seat pan and back support should be greater than 90 degrees to help reduce stress on the structure of the spine. The backrest angle should be adjustable to allow the user to vary their posture.
6- The lumbar support should adjust up and down to fit people of different body types. A large range in lumbar height adjustment is more necessary than most people realize, as it must not only accommodate people of different heights but people of different weights, especially when additional weight is carried on the buttocks.
7- Adjustable arms (when appropriate) should, support the weight of the user’s arms to reduce stress on the shoulders and neck.
8-The base of the chair should be the correct size and type for the size and type of chair. In general, larger chairs require larger bases for stability. If bases are plastic, they should be made of 30% glass-reinforced nylon with a metal hub insert. Adjustable chairs must be safe and well built to avoid injury. A low quality adjustable chair can cause more harm than good.
You can now envisage the solution for your pain to opt for an ergonomic seating. Of course it’s an investment because the price of this type of seating is relatively high. But think twice about, the health of your back doesn’t have a price. Our seatings are conceived for wear well many years and are recommended by the professionals of prevention and readaptation. And because the purchase of an ergonomic seating in line isn’t always simple, you can pass at our little showroom monday to friday 9:00 to 17:00, 1235 Bélanger Est, at Montréal.
To see a part of our selection of ergonomic seating go to seating section and see our different shapers.
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