| We have three office furniture chairs in our home, and | | | | contact with the back of the chair, this gives your |
| they are all used since it is where we work. Recently, | | | | lumbar region good support. Besides adjusting the |
| a friend was over who commented on the comfort of | | | | lumbar support, others will also have (or offer instead) |
| one of our chairs. He said his wasn't bad, but that he | | | | the ability to adjust the height of the back of the chair. I |
| really liked this chair. Later, my husband wondered if he | | | | wasn't sure if mine had this, but when I took a second |
| was hoping for a swap and I just laughed. I told my | | | | look, I realized that the knob I was messing with a few |
| husband that I had sat in this friends' chair, and that it | | | | minutes ago (and couldn't figure out) loosened the back |
| was terrible! It almost threw me backwards. Now, that | | | | of the chair so that it could be raised. I had it in the |
| chair that he liked is the one the kids use, and is not a | | | | lowest possible position, so nothing happened before |
| very expensive chair, but it is ergonomic so it offers | | | | when I loosened it. The raising and lowering of the |
| some great adjustability. | | | | back allows you to place the lumbar area of the chair |
| This got me thinking, I also have an adjustable, | | | | in the correct position, therby allowing you to maintain |
| ergonomic chair, but I have no idea how to adjust it. I sit | | | | the natural curve of your spine. |
| in it every day, it feels fine and I figure it must be ok | | | | Some office furniture chairs also allow you to adjust |
| because I do not have any back issues after a long | | | | the seat depth. I was just looking at my chair and |
| day. However, I know that there must be things that I | | | | realized that I can do this. This lever is placed in the |
| can do to make my chair better suited for me. So I did | | | | front of the chair so that I can just reach under, give it |
| a bit of research, and this is what I discovered. | | | | a little pull and the seat will slide back and forth. If you |
| The first and main adjustment, which is available on all | | | | are sitting on your chair properly, with your back |
| office furniture chairs, is the height. Your chair should | | | | against the backrest and your feet on the floor, you |
| be adjusted so that your feet rest flat on the floor, or | | | | should be able to place a fist between the back of |
| comfortably on a footrest if you happen to be a bit | | | | your legs and the front of the chair. I had to push my |
| shorter than average. | | | | seat back a bit to achieve this spacing and it will take |
| I read that the best position for the seat should be | | | | a little bit to get used to, but it does feel better overall. |
| such that your thighs are pointing slightly downwards. If | | | | If you have arm rests, which I don't, they should be |
| you feel like you are being tipped out of your chair, | | | | placed so that your arms are at a right angle or slightly |
| then it is too much. The angle between your legs and | | | | more when at rest. |
| hips should be just over 90 degrees. You have to | | | | Some adjustments seem so obvious, because a chair |
| remember that everybody needs their chair adjusted | | | | just isn't comfortable when the position is wrong. But |
| differently to fit them. I am content with the angle of | | | | other adjustments are more subtle and you may not |
| my seat, but my spouse has that "being tipped out of | | | | notice a real difference until you have to sit all day. So, |
| the chair" feeling when he sits in it. So it is a good thing | | | | we have now readjusted the office furniture chairs in |
| that he has his own chair! | | | | our house. Hopefully it will make us more productive |
| Some office furniture chairs have an adjustable back | | | | and comfortable, and hopefully this information will help |
| rest or lumbar support. Your lower back should be in | | | | you too. |
