“you know you’ve got the right

chair when you’re more excited

about sitting down than lying
down”

-Vahram Shishmanian

Which chair do I get???

The purchase of the ergonomic chair will be one of the will probably discourage yourself from buying a new
bigger concerns to many of you. It may seem like an all chair.
together difficult decision because there are so many
chairs which claim to be ergonomic. The problem with Don’t be discouraged, here is a simple 3 point list of
all this is that there are actually very few that are by our what to look for in your new office chair.
measures considered truly ergonomic.
Look for a chair with wheels or a swivel base
Off the bat, you may cross anything that looks like which will allow you to move around your office
your current chair off the list. While these chairs look easily.
super futuristic their hefty price tag puts them out of
reach for the average The chair should keep you in an anterior tilt, so it
layman, and the jury is still must be a forward sloping seat.
out on whether they actually The hips should be positioned at an angle of less
help in the long run. While than 90º, as per the picture below.
they may be an upgrade
over your average work
chair, the fact remains they
will not be super helpful in
the long run.

Another seat which may be a bit uncomfortable for the

work place would be a kneeling chair. The chair would
place you into perfect alignment, keeping your hips at the
proper, increase muscle activation in the lower back, and
would put your upper body in the proper position. But
prolonged sitting with so much pressure placed on the
knees may become uncomfortable, the locked position of
the ankles can lead to feelings of tightness behind the
knees and it would make for a difficult time in standing
up and sitting down often.

After removing such a huge section of the “ergonomic

chair” market we are still left with an over whelming
abundance of chairs which still fit into our criteria. This
will of course cause you to ponder, second guess and you