If you take a little time to reflect and count the number of hours per day that you spend seated at your workstation on a typical work day, you would realize that you are spending at least one third or even half of your life in front of your computer, managing paperwork or answering phone calls. Most of us work in fast pace environment which require us to multitask at a fast pace almost every moment at our desks.
Physiologically, these requirements become stress to the body and mind and aliments like backaches, headaches, sore limbs and tired shoulders ensue. If ignored and allowed to continue, these symptoms will grow larger than life and become permanent, affecting work performance and overall physical well being. Ergonomic chairs are designed and built to relieve your body from these harmful threats and help you maintain or regain spine health.
Computer Desk Workstations
Prolonged bad or incorrect postures at your workstation could negatively impact you both physically and mentally. When you are seated on a stiff hard chair for hours on end, you could easily develop back and lower back aches. Conversely, when seated on a chair with overtly soft cushions could make your muscles lazy and you will feel lethargic. And do not be fooled into thinking that an oversized chair would give you great comfort. You will need more effort and greater movement to reach for things around you, causing higher injury incidences overall.
Essentially the chair must be adaptable to user needs, like ergonomic chairs which are adjustable in height, armrests, backrest tilt, leg rests etc. They are designed also to provide the maximum support to the curves of your body, wherever support is required.
You might have noticed that hefty price tags on good ergonomic chairs which range from 500 to 1,000 dollars with the best ergonomic chairs costing about 1,500 dollars a piece. But if you take this investment and divide it by the lifespan of the chair, which is at least 10 years, you would find that this is money well spent for good spine health.