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If you are looking to buy one or more office chairs for your home office or small business, you will want to make sure that you get it right. There is a bewildering collection of office chair sellers on the Internet, but a dire shortage of unbiased guidance. So we at Chellgrove Office Chairs have stepped up to the plate. We have searched the entire english-speaking Internet and catalogued the best resources available to help you understand what to look for in an office chair. Chellgrove has no affiliations with any of the sites referenced on this page. However we believe that many of them will give you the knowledge you need to become an educated buyer of office chairs.
Happy browsing!
UCL Human Resources - Choosing an Office Chair
With more and more of your time now being spent using display screen equipment (DSE), it is vital that your chair allows a wide range of movement whilst giving support where it is needed. This will help reduce the risk of developing musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) by encouraging you to maintain the "S" shaped curve of your back, and to use the most efficient posture for the task performed. The points on this site should help you choose an appropriate chair for your needs.
Your Computer Chair
Your chair is probably the single most important component of your working environment. As a writer, you will spend as long stuck to your seat as you spend in bed, so it is worth investing some attention in the choice and care of both.
Buying Guide: Office Chairs
Take a Seat: How to Shop for a Chair
If you're like many people, you splurged on the wrong piece of furniture for your office. "Typically, people tend to shop for a really special desk, then go cheap on the chair," says April Vance, ergonomics expert and owner of a Relax the Back (www.relaxtheback.com) franchise in Nashville, Tenn. "Reverse this thinking and get a special chair. This is where you make your living. The chair is just as much of an investment as your computer." Next time you're shopping for a chair, make sure the chair you're interested in has the right characteristics...
Office Chairs Consumer Report
A detailed summary and analysis of office chairs. Herman Miller started the modern-look, ergonomic trend in office chairs, but some reviewers say the Herman Miller Aeron isn't as exciting as it once was. To find out which other chairs are worth considering, we've turned to reviews.
See also the following other pages from this Consumersearch.com review:
* Office Chairs Reviews Reviewed
* Fast Answers - Best Office Chairs
The search for the best desk chair
Sit Happens. By Seth Stevenson
Modern office chairs have grown far too complicated. Their underbellies have sprouted gnarly forests of knobs and levers. Their instruction manuals have thickened into tomes. On occasion, new chairs are equipped with explanatory CD-ROMs. This is absurd: Since when have we needed an animated schematic to teach us how to sit on our keisters? ...
Office chair
About the Office Chair - from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
See also the following pages from en.wikipedia.org:
* Low back pain
Spine-health.com's Ergonomic Seating Health Hub
In-depth information on ergonomic office chairs and seating options, including how to set up an ergonomic chair and computer workstation, and alternative seating options. Written and peer reviewed by physicians who specialize in spine medicine.
See also the following other resources from Spine-health.com:
* Choosing the right ergonomic office chair
* Ergonomic chair alternatives to traditional office chairs
* Ten tips for improving posture and ergonomics
* Good posture helps reduce back pain
* Guidelines to improve posture
* Back support in office chairs
* Types of back support and ergonomic office chairs
* Reducing back pain while sitting in office chairs
* Complete index of articles on seating from Spine-health.com
What's an Ergonomic Chair?
What do you need to look for in Ergonomic Seating? In order to help make sure you choose a chair with all the necessary adjustments, we will break the chair down into its components...
See also the following pages from this site:
* Adjusting Your Chair
What is an "Ergonomic" Chair?
Finding the right ergonomic chair is a common problem especially for people who want to purchase new equipment to make workstations safer and healthier places. There are many "ergonomic" chairs available but it can be a mistake to purchase one simply because it is labelled "ergonomic".
How to adjust office chairs
There are three contact areas in the work space that affect the worker's posture: the seat, the work surface (commonly it is a desk top or keyboard) and the floor. To ensure the most comfortable posture possible, two of these factors have to be adjustable. If you can afford to do nothing else, a fully adjustable chair is the undisputable "must".
Ergonomics Humour
The humour page from Humanics, an ergonomics consulting firm who specialise in occupational ergonomics and ergonomics research.
Working Stiff
Humour: A man who died at his office desk went unnoticed by his co-workers for five days.
The campaign for better seating
There is a link between back pain, poor posture, and chair design. Are you sitting comfortably?
See also the following pages from this site:
* Back facts
* What should you look for in a seat?
* The work chair
* The school chair
* The public seat
Safe Computing Tips: Ergonomic Chairs
An Ergonomic Chair is the most important thing to consider when talking about a safe and productive computer workstation environment. Being an inevitable part of a good working environment, an Ergonomic Chair offers essential support to the back, legs, buttocks, and arms, along with reducing exposures to awkward postures, contact stress, and forceful exertions.
See the following pages from this site for more information:
* Ergonomic seating
* Ergonomic Office Chair
* Ergonomic Computer Chairs
* Ergonomic Desk Chairs
* Ergonomic Executive Chairs
* Buyer Beware: Is That "Ergonomic Chair" Really Ergonomic?
* Potential Problems with Ergonomic Chairs
The Ergonomic Office Chair - Getting the best bang for your back
Beware - this site is biased towards the Herman Miller Aeron chair.
See also the following page from this site:
* Back and sitting discomfort
Office Chair Posture Advice
For most people, it is quite a challenge to maintain good posture while sitting in an office chair and working for long hours in front of a computer. In fact, a surprising number of people sit at the front of their office chair and hunch forward in an attempt to get closer to their computer screen...
See also the following pages from this site:
* How to set up an office chair and computer
* How to stretch during long hours in an offic chair
How to Adapt Your Office Chair to Suit You
Although it is important to look at the entire workstation when considering office ergonomics, the chair is probably the single most important component and it can potentially have the most significant impact on the user's overall comfort and productivity.
How to select an office chair
People vary widely in their shapes and sizes, and the chairs they use should reflect this characteristic. Workers should be able to select from a variety of different chair models.
How to Adjust your Office Chair
In this document, you will find tips on adjusting various parts of your office chair: the seat, the backrest and the armrests. Proper adjustment of these items will help your comfort, productivity and reduce your risk of injury.
How to sit in an office chair
Seems obvious, but there are ways to do it that promote a healthier body. There are uncertainties in ergonomics as in any other science. But one point is not in dispute: that the human body is not structured to sit in a chair all day!
See also the following pages from this site:
* Everything you always wanted to know about office chair mechanisms
Office Ergonomics: The Chair
This fact sheet provides helpful information on using and purchasing office chairs. Adjusting your chair to better fit your body and your workstation will help make you more comfortable and productive, and may help prevent injury.
The Office Chair Guide
Choosing the right ergonomic office chair is an important decision. This is a very complete guide to buying and using office chairs. Including a complete set of buying tips for buying one chair or many, from the Internet, the superstore, the dealer or the manufacturer; information and tips on using office chairs; How office chairs adjust and office chair safety tips.
Sitting: A site for sore backs (from Open Ergonomics)
Sitting is a chance for your back to recover from the stresses of daily activities*. You can enjoy this recovery if your seat allows the muscles, ligaments and tendons in your back to relax, and the discs between your vertebrae to be a nice even shape. A good seat will also give you low pressure under the large muscles of the buttocks and thighs, to maintain their blood flow...
*If you hardly have any daily activities, because your job is sitting down all day, remember you'll need to exercise to keep your back in good shape.
See also the following very useful resources from Open Ergonomics:
* Safe Office Practice: How to set up your workstation and office correctly
* Safe Office Seating Practice: The Ideal Office Sitting Position
* Safe Office Seating Pratice: Using Notebook Computers
* Safe Office Seating Practice: Office of Horrors
* Safe Office Seating Practice: Lumbar Supports
Buying Ergonomic Office Chairs
An ergonomic office chair should help increase back and neck support to help improve posture and prevent slouching. Employees frequently experience back pain because they sit in their chairs for long periods of time. This increases stress in the spine, neck, arms, shoulders, and legs as well as in various muscles. A chair that isn’t ergonomically friendly can also aggravate existing conditions...
The Office
(Humour) The Office - A definitive online guide to the hit BBC TV series.
The Office Chair
The selection of an office chair is critical in reducing the potential for injury in people who work in a sitting position. When selecting an office chair, check to make sure that the chair has these features...
How To Select The Right Office Chair
How important is selecting the right seat? If your office is like most, you and your fellow employees spend more than two-thirds of each workday in your chairs. And unless these chairs provide comfort and support, it can be a pain in the neck, back, shoulders and head for everyone-and lost productivity and greater absenteeism for your organisation.
With that in mind, take a look at the criteria on this site for selecting high-quality seating.
Tips for Choosing the Right Office Chair
There are many things to consider when picking out an office chair. The most important aspect of an office chair is the support that it gives you while working. If you have to sit in your office for several hours a day, making sure the chair provides you with the correct support and posture should be the most important part of your chair selection...
Office Chair Hazards
Periodic inspection and maintenance of office chair furnishings, to include a check of all bolts, screws, and other fastening devices for tightness is essential. Missing, broken, damaged, or worn parts pose a hazard. Every chair in use must be stable and in good operating condition, or must be immediately taken out of service. Failure to heed these precautions can result in an accident.
Healthy Posture in an Office Chair
Industrial physicians and ergonomists have discovered that many employees sit incorrectly on incorrectly adjusted chairs, even ergonomic ones. What many fail to realise is that the correct adjustment of an ergonomic chair is a prerequisite for healthy posture. Therefore, all instructions should be carefully read and all adjustment possibilities of the chair should be taken advantage of. There are ten important rules for healthy posture on an office chair...
Take A Seat - purchasing an ergonomic office chair
The lowly chair has gone HIGH FASHION and, oh yes, it's good for your back: If you're enticed by cachet alone, picking the right chair for your home office is easy: Just flip on the TV. Herman Miller's Aeron chair (about $700) was part of a plot-line in an episode of Will & Grace. If The West Wing is more to your liking, choose the darling of presidential aides, the Leap chair, (starting at about $800). And Ally McBeal aficionados can head for Humanscale's Freedom chair, which is far from free, starting at about $900. Without question, the office chair has evolved into an icon of style and power...
Choosing Your Home Office Desk and Chair with Safety and Comfort in Mind
Learn why it's extremely important to select your home office chair and desk with safety and comfort in mind, not just the price.
Office Chair and Employee Productivity
Recognise that employees are more than just muscle power. Ensuring the comfort of your employees will aid production. So why are they sitting in those uncomfortable office chairs?
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