| Ergonomic chairs are designed for performing | | | | stretched out, or stretched out with your legs. |
| productive tasks in comfort throughout the day. | | | | Whatever feels comfortable and natural to you, |
| They are not chairs for 'lounging' in, unless you | | | | because it is movement that matters the most. |
| are resting from your work activity. | | | | I will be honest and admit to you that I no longer |
| Ergonomic chairs are designed for performing | | | | sit in an ergonomic chair for word processing my |
| purposeful activity, which may be prolonged, as in | | | | articles. It isn't that I don't practice what I preach. |
| computer word processing. Whatever the task | | | | I have just gone beyond needing an ergonomic |
| you want to do in the chair, your needs are | | | | chair for comfort, as my back can support itself |
| comfort, safety and a supportive sitting posture; | | | | and I now sit on a stool. |
| that will sustain your sitting posture for as long | | | | I have told you that I have cured my back |
| you need. | | | | problem. It was quite by accident, rather than |
| It is why ergonomic chairs are modular, so that | | | | diligent perseverance. The method I have used is |
| each individual part is designed according to the | | | | riding a bicycle. Don't worry I am not going getting |
| activity being performed. If you are seated at a | | | | you all into riding bicycles - not unless you want |
| desk writing, or word processing on a computer, | | | | to! |
| then the seat needs to be one height. If you are | | | | Instead I only want you to imagine riding a bicycle. |
| chopping vegetables at a kitchen counter, then | | | | This is how I want you to sit, so you are sitting |
| the height needs to be higher, because the work | | | | entirely on your pelvic bones. Now you can lift |
| top is higher. Or if you are painting in front of an | | | | each knee off the ground one at a time. |
| easel; then the seat needs to be even higher. | | | | I call this ergonomic sitting, so your body is |
| Some chairs are not so specific about the task | | | | balanced and ready for performing productive |
| that needs to be performed, such as the | | | | activity in an ergonomic chair. I sit like this on an |
| Executive Ergonomic chair. This chair has the | | | | ergonomic stool, because my back is now |
| image for an executive position, but it has more | | | | adjusted to sitting on my pelvic bones, so that I |
| options in the way that the chair can be used for | | | | don't need an ergonomic chair any more. |
| performance activities, along with more relaxed | | | | It is your sitting position that is the important part |
| sitting. | | | | to an ergonomic chair. By sitting on your pelvic |
| Ergonomic chairs are for performance activities | | | | bones, you will be able to move your arms and |
| that support your body, but must also allow | | | | legs naturally and in comfort for sustaining your |
| movement. It is vital that your body can move, | | | | sitting position. |
| as we are not designed to sit still in one place. | | | | If you are now able to perform your activity |
| Our body is designed to move from the pelvis up | | | | safely and in comfort, then the chair is ergonomic. |
| or the pelvis down: to reach with your arms | | | | |