| It is because people come in many shapes and | | | | best and if you are working for someone else, |
| sizes, that chair manufacturers decided to make | | | | you can not afford to put up with inferior seating, |
| chairs for discriminating users adjustable. If they | | | | which could lead to injury and, ultimately, dismissal |
| had not done that, then there would have to be | | | | later on. |
| dozens of chairs with different dimensions to fit all | | | | If you are often on your feet or in and out of |
| sorts of people. Therefore, office chair | | | | the office, you can afford to be more lenient with |
| manufacturers have very shrewdly passed the | | | | the specifications essential for someone who is |
| cost of a simple chair onto the business | | | | chained to the desk practically eight hours a day |
| community. | | | | except for breaks. Secretaries fall into this group. |
| However, given the fact that it is not easy to | | | | They repeatedly have to go to filing cabinets and |
| buy a decent chair if you are not of standard | | | | welcome people into the office. |
| measurements, you will have to buy an adjustable | | | | The power users are the executives who are |
| chair. This situation appertains to the setting of an | | | | office bound and people like telesales people. They |
| office, where workers frequently sit for eight | | | | literally remain in their seats all their working day |
| hours barely moving a muscle in their torso. | | | | except for breaks and so they have to have the |
| This scenario often causes lower back and neck | | | | best safety gear obtainable. Make no mistake |
| problems. The basic fact is that you have to be | | | | about it, an ergonomic chair is every bit as |
| able to sit on your chair comfortably with your | | | | important for an office worker as a safety belt is |
| thighs level and your feet flat on the floor. In an | | | | for a chauffeur or taxi driver. |
| office environment, this usually means buying | | | | If you buy yourself a cheap non-ergonomic chair |
| adjustable chairs, because of the through-put of | | | | or allow your boss to saddle you with one, you |
| staff and the variety in the dimensions of the | | | | only have yourself to reproach, if you acquire a |
| human body. | | | | bad back or a stiff neck. However, office industrial |
| This is not so much of a predicament if you only | | | | related injuries do not stop there. There is |
| do a few hours surfing the Internet when you | | | | repetitive strain injury too, which can be |
| get in, but it is a totally different kettle of fish if | | | | extremely painful and last for years, causing you |
| you stay at a desk for prolonged lengths of time. | | | | to have to give up your office job. |
| In general, the longer you plan to remain at your | | | | All of these facts are well known by the health |
| desk, the better quality chair you will need. | | | | care profession and the unions, so if you want to |
| Consequently, if you are a full-timer, a | | | | make sure that you will be working in that office |
| professional, you have to have the best. If you | | | | job for the foreseeable future, pick up a few |
| are working for yourself, you have to have the | | | | pamphlets and read up on it. |