| Most people never think about safety, when | | | | floor, back behind the position of your knees. If |
| sitting in an ergonomic chair. However, safety is | | | | you can raise your seat higher even better, for |
| an important area to consider, because of the | | | | ease of getting out. |
| risks inherent in movement. If you're moving | | | | Now lean forward from the hips and clasp |
| incorrectly, this may cause an injury to your | | | | both hands in front of you, stretching them out. |
| skeletal joints, or the ergonomic chair itself may | | | | Your body weight should now be forward, so that |
| not be safe for movement. | | | | as you continue to lean forward more, your |
| The most important safety issue to remember, | | | | buttocks will rise out of the seat and you can |
| when sitting in an ergonomic chair; is the chair is | | | | straighten your legs, until you are in a standing |
| never secure on the floor. The chair is fitted with | | | | position. |
| casters, which means the chair will roll, when | | | | If you are still having difficulty getting out of |
| transferring out of the chair. There is a danger of | | | | the chair, using with this method. Try using a |
| falls without locking castors, when getting out of | | | | rocking action that will roll your body forward, until |
| an ergonomic chair. | | | | you are able to stand up out of the chair. It will |
| Locking castors are available on my website for all | | | | take a lot of patience and work, but you need to |
| chairs, which will be discussed in another article. | | | | be able to do this in other transfer activities such |
| The ergonomic chair is not only unsafe, because | | | | as getting out of bed and off the toilet. So do try |
| of casters that don't lock; but the seat can also | | | | practicing this, as it will help your movements |
| move with a swivel device. This presents another | | | | become easier. |
| danger, as there needs to be a locking device for | | | | Transferring safely from an ergonomic chair is an |
| securing the seat, before transferring out of the | | | | important concern for safe functional transfer |
| chair. | | | | activity. This is because the ergonomic chair is not |
| Most people use the chair armrests for getting | | | | stable, due to the casters fitted to the chair and |
| out of the ergonomic chair. The danger here is | | | | also the swivel action of the seat, makes for |
| that the chair will move backwards and you will | | | | unsafe sitting stability. |
| end up on the floor, without locking castors. If | | | | Learning to stand independently of the chair is |
| you are in the category of Big or Tall, then you | | | | important without using the armrests, particularly |
| are going to be in even more trouble trying to | | | | when you are in the Big and Tall category; |
| get up from the floor. | | | | because you have the potential to fall by putting |
| There is a safer way to get off the floor by | | | | too much weight on the armrests for safe |
| yourself, but you need to be aware of the safety | | | | transfers. Transferring out from an ergonomic |
| issues, before purchasing an ergonomic chair. | | | | chair should be a dynamic transfer movement to |
| To get up out of an ergonomic chair, without | | | | improve your overall balance mechanism; which |
| using the armrests is better; because it will | | | | will facilitate further active movements in your |
| encourage safer movements, increase your | | | | body which will respond to in a purposeful manner. |
| balance mechanism and help increase your | | | | Safety is an important issue to consider in an |
| tolerance for easier movements in your body: | | | | ergonomic chair, when movement occurs in |
| You first need to come forward towards the | | | | performing productive activities. If the chair has |
| front of the seat, by moving each pelvic bone | | | | moving part, without locking mechanism there are |
| forward, until you are near the front of your seat. | | | | potential danger in falls or other injuries. |
| Make sure that your feet are firmly placed on the | | | | |