| If you are looking to upgrade the chairs in your | | | | between you legs and torso is about the right |
| office you will be amazed to find the amount that | | | | angle to sit at. Having a chair that has the ability |
| is available on the market today. Prices for swivel | | | | to adjust the angle that you sit is going to be able |
| chairs range from being very affordable and cost | | | | to offer you a far superior seating position. At a |
| effective to being absolutely extortionately priced. | | | | certain price points you may not be able to find a |
| Before embarking on replacing the chairs in your | | | | chair that has an adjustable back, but instead the |
| office or even your home office I would suggest | | | | whole seat (seat and backrest) tilts backwards. |
| that you set your budget, be careful though, | | | | Although this type of adjustability will not increase |
| buying a really cheap office chair that you are | | | | the angle between your legs and torso it will allow |
| going to spend many hours in can be a false | | | | you to lean backwards which will therefore relieve |
| economy. To avoid wasting money there are | | | | the pressure on your lower back. |
| three essential features that your new office | | | | - Free running casters - Having a swivel chair that |
| swivel chair should have: | | | | has got poor quality caster (wheels) is not only |
| - Height Adjustment - Being able to adjust the | | | | annoying, but also extremely dangerous. Trying to |
| height of your chair is essential to you and your | | | | wheel backwards on a chair, and a caster |
| employees well being. How you adjust it is not so | | | | jamming will result in you or your employees' chair |
| critical, it's easier if it's pneumatic adjustment, but | | | | possibly tipping backwards causing potential injury |
| if your budget will only allow a mechanical | | | | to themselves and/or co-workers. In this litigious |
| adjustment then this is better than no height | | | | society can you afford to take this risk? It's |
| adjustment. Setting up the height of the chair is a | | | | difficult to tell how good a caster is, but as a |
| balance between allowing your feet to be flat on | | | | general rule the larger a caster is the less likely it |
| the floor and keep you elbow at the right height | | | | is to jam up, or be stopped by obstacle on the |
| so that when your hands are on the desk your | | | | floor such as wires and bag straps. |
| forearms are parallel. | | | | Purchasing a new chair or chairs that satisfy all |
| - Seat Back Angle - Your mother probably always | | | | three of these criteria - height and seat back |
| told you to 'sit up straight' but this isn't entirely | | | | angle adjustment and means that you will have |
| true. To remove pressure off your lower back | | | | happier employees and you will have reduced the |
| you should be able to lean slightly back in your | | | | risk of a work place injury. |
| chair. Having an angle of approximately 110o | | | | |