December 29, 2006

Ergonomic Roundup at CrunchGear

Blake Robinson

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As techies, there are few components that affect our bodies as heavily as our chairs. Sitting in a chair for countless hours every day has a notable impact on our bodies. A crappy chair can cause immediate duress and also lead to prolonged pain. A quality chair, however, can do a lot of good for you. Recognizing this dilemma, CrunchGear has conducted a stress test roundup of several of the top ergonomic options currently available in a piece entitled Workspace Roundup: Ergonomic Chairs.

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Sitting Duck

December 29th, 2006 at 5:47 pm

Actually, I have found that the most comfortable chairs are the cheap models that let you lean back. I can sit in these chairs all day and not get tired.
Grant Hutchins

December 29th, 2006 at 6:16 pm

Sitting Duck: This study supports what you’re saying about leaning back. It seems that the full upright posture is not good for extended lengths of time. That poor guy in that diagram up there!
Zaid Farooqui

December 29th, 2006 at 6:31 pm

Awesome! I’ve been in the market for one for couple weeks now.

Enough of having a crushed back after 15-20 hour days.
Florian Cervenka

December 29th, 2006 at 7:51 pm

please do not forget to take the body weight into account since I’m most likely to gain about 70kg over the next 20 years.

Anyways its not about the chair but about the girlfriend - its her job to get you out of that chair.
yezzir

December 29th, 2006 at 9:51 pm

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Tarun Chandel

December 29th, 2006 at 10:11 pm

MAn my back is hurting … Well I have been sitting in front of my pc for so long hooked on to techcrunch … I think techcrunch is the reason why my back is hurting …
Nick

December 29th, 2006 at 10:16 pm

Ya, I remember Bob and Tom (the radio personalities, probably not the best source for info, but o well) said that the optimal angle for your back is to be around 120 degrees. Leaning back obviously would help achieve this.
tamura

December 30th, 2006 at 2:25 am

good idea
BlogReader

December 30th, 2006 at 8:36 am

Removing the $900 from my wallet is a good way to improve posture. Seriously who lays out that kind of cash for a chair? Well unless you have an employer that’s willing to shell out that kind of money.

If you work from home like I do (on some days) just move around to different parts of your apartment / house. The variation in sitting / lying styles can help alleviate pain.

I picked up something called a backivator which is just 2 air filled sacks in a small flat package that you sit on. It forces you to shift occasionally as the air pouches fill up and deflate with movement. Does a pretty good job.
Jae Rune

December 30th, 2006 at 8:55 am

I have a $80 chair from Office Depot at my house and I’m comfortable in it at all times. But then again, I tend to tuck up my legs and sit lotus-style in the chair. Sitting “normally” is in no way shape or form comfortable for me. I prefer the lotus position (or an unreasonable facsimile). So is this all completely irrelevant to me?
Ashwin

December 31st, 2006 at 10:28 pm

Leaning back also makes our eyes a bit farther from the monitor than sitting upstraight 90 degrees, helping in keeping our eyes safer along with our back.
Kevin Ruston

January 1st, 2007 at 4:34 am

Sitting Duck - Stressfree Dragon it seems a lot of people find that sitting up is not good for your health. Come on, hands up who else finds that reclining is the key? Lets start a laid-back revolution in the workplace! My personal Office-Of-The-Future has everyone reclined and happy.

From my post at Crunchgear:

I like the angle rickdog’ uncovered - that a recloned position is actually best for the back. The scientists quoted state ‘but that won’t work for a computer; not so: you can make it work with a alaptop or even with a desktop machine: I’m 6′3″ and have had back trouble for years and tried all kinds of office chairs including some expensive ergo ones. BUT after all this I find what really works is the La-Z-Boy reclining position for work. I use an IKEA POANG armchair with footstool http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs.....ctId=25952
with a Apple Mac Book and Wireless trackball explorer, which rests on the wide arm rest of this type of chair. I find it the perfect working position - relaxed enough to really work instead of fighting an upright posture or slouching uncomfortably and absolutely perfect for lumbar support etc - there’s really o stress on any part of the body. I can recommend trying this to anyone. Plus whe you’re on the phone you it’s also a natural position. You’ll need some kind of heat-resistant or padded mat for the laptop to go on for long periods of course.

Anyone looking for a more healthy, comfortable and productive work environment - give this a try