| ERGONOMIC SEATING
Here at Seatingworld we have carefully selected a range of ergonomic seating to cover all aspects and budgets. As we spend a major part of our lives sat at our workstations it is important to select the right ergonomic seating solution for our posture as we work away at our desks.
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A shift in thinking is required to solve the most expensive health problem in the western world today.The number of people affected by work related musculoskeletal disorders is enormous and the related costs are massive.Although the frequency of manual work is decreasing,the reports on low back pain are not.We can not say that the worker’s chair is responsible for this situation but it plays an important part.
The Human body is designed for movement and varied use, yet we still tell our children to sit up straight and sit still – very unnatural, difficult and more importantly unhealthy. In later life this bad start is compounded by the fact that most office chairs still focus more on support and ‘correct sitting posture’ than on our body’s innate need to move. In the contempory office we sit our way through the day, perhaps in front of the computer, and think we need more and more support, as our body never stops aching. It is a great paradox that so many people that so many people are sitting still for so much of the day, when this is fundamentally counter to our physical and mental needs. This calls for a shift in thinking.
The body needs mobility, therefore the office chair should stimulate and invite natural movement of the body through the work day.. Mobility is crucial for concentrated work. Movement of the ankles is particularly important, to stimulate the ‘peripheral heart’. In order to be able to concentrate on work, movement of the ankles must happen without the user having to think about it. Airlines have learned the importance of ankle movement and try to encourage us to flex our ankles regularly during the flight. But we have to consciously remember to do this-and so we forget. Enabling and encouraging such movement should be integral to the office chair so that we do what is good for us entirely subconsciously.
In office ergonomics we also know the importance of mobility, but very few purchasers focus on this when choosing a chair, possibly because chairs that offer mobility are few and far between. The old-style rocking chair offers movement of the whole body without having to think about it and everyone knows that when you sit in a rocking chair it follows your every movement, but you may sit still too; your body decides. There are some work chairs on the market that do offer this same movement of the whole body without us having to think about it –one can only hope that more and more users seek them out and become more healthier and more productive !
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