| Office Chairs don't really require a seatback in | | | | inward curve and not leaving it totally unsupported |
| order to work properly. The spine is able to | | | | either. |
| maintain it's natural curvature even without the | | | | Most portable lumbar support pillows that are built |
| lower back support provided by the average task | | | | to use with office chairs are shaped with one end |
| chair seatback. However, the natural tendency for | | | | different from the other and should also be |
| most people when seated for long periods of | | | | positioned correctly where needed to keep the |
| time in front of the computer is to slouch | | | | spine posture right. If your ergonomic office chair |
| forward towards what they are concentrating on. | | | | has a built in support piece, it is important to test |
| This slouching posture pushes out the lower back, | | | | to see if the chair fits well for your body type. |
| making the natural inward curve point in the | | | | Not all chairs and supports were built for one size |
| wrong direction. With the spine pushing outward | | | | fits all and everyone's back is just a bit different |
| towards the chair, the lower back structure is | | | | when it comes to placement and curvature from |
| strained, creating unneeded tension. It was | | | | the neck down. |
| obvious there was a need to remind all of us to | | | | Some ergonomic office chair models come with |
| sit properly and the lower back supports for | | | | an adjustable lumbar support which can be key |
| seatbacks on office chairs were born. | | | | for some people when it comes to getting the |
| Some manufacturer's still make amazingly | | | | proper fit. The seatback should be positioned so |
| ergonomic chair models without any seatback, | | | | that the curve of the lower spine is supported by |
| such as the Swopper stool, which helps train the | | | | the curve in the back of the chair. Some offices |
| person to sit corretly and position their body | | | | require the same office chair to be used with a |
| correctly instead of expecting the chair to do all | | | | variety of employees and this level of lumbar |
| the work. No matter how ergonomic the chair is, | | | | back support adjustability can help everyone to sit |
| as with any health product, it still needs to be | | | | comfortably. |
| used properly in order to work right. An | | | | When seated for long hours in front of the |
| ergonomic chair is no help at all when used | | | | computer, it does not help to ignore office chair |
| improperly, it is the seating position that really | | | | ergonomics and posture if one tends to keep |
| matters and how you use the mechanisms that | | | | sitting in the same chair and keep working. |
| matter to your body health. | | | | Comfort ability can contribute greatly to one's |
| When placed correctly, a good lumbar back | | | | overall performance and productivity. When sitting |
| support should keep your ears, shoulders and hips | | | | well, body health will greatly improve and one is |
| aligned which in turn maintains the natural inward | | | | bound to notice less back pain and tension and |
| curvature of the lower spine. Overall the lumbar | | | | thank office chairs for the birth of the lumbar |
| back support should keep the spine in a very | | | | support. |
| natural position, not overly accentuating the | | | | |