hansen@pegasus.UUCP (Tony L. Hansen) (12/03/84)
I recently had the pleasure of trying out one of those wierd looking chairs where you rest your knees on one part of the chair and rest your derriere on the other part. I found it very comfortable and felt no back strain. I do tend to get a very sore back from just about everything, so this seems pretty neat. My question is, are they REALLY all that good for you? Or is it just a quack fad? Would anyone who knows anything about this chair or has any comments on it please mail them to me, as I'm considering getting one. Thank you, Sonya Hansen ihnp4!pegasus!hansen
al@genrad.UUCP (Al Gudaitis) (12/07/84)
> I recently had the pleasure of trying out one of those wierd looking chairs > where you rest your knees on one part of the chair and rest your derriere on > the other part. I found it very comfortable and felt no back strain......... > I have recently purchased one of those chairs and I, too, find it comfortable for my back. However, my knees are killing me now. This may be a problem due to the manufacturing philosophy of one-size-fits-all. I find that my knees have to be bent at considerably more than 90 degrees when sitting on this chair and that places a constant force exactly on the kneecap. Perhaps if the knee-rest were higher relative to the base of the chair, more of my "forward- sliding-weight" would be supported by my shins instead of by my knee. I haven't yet had a chance to experiment with this possibility but I'll let you know if it helps. Al Gudaitis decvax!genrad!al
lmm@teddy.UUCP (Linda M. McInnis) (12/10/84)
There are adjustable versions of this chair available for less money than the original. I had the same problem with my back feeling better and my knees getting crushed. The adjustable numbers also have more padding on the knee pad. Some have wheels (for those of us who have chair races throughout the office) which is good if you have L-shaped work spaces and like to work at the terminal and then reference something and then go back to the terminal, etc. Most office supply houses in the area carry both the fixed and adjustable chairs for around $100. If you need a source for the adjustable chairs, send me e-mail and I'll get you addresses. -- Linda M. McInnis USENET: genrad!teddy!lmm "I used to be disgusted, now I'm just amused."
xchar@alice.UUCP (Charles S. Harris) (12/24/84)
My wife has back trouble due to a "slipped" disk.
She bought one of those cheap, imitation back chairs (on sale
at $30 at Drug Fair) and assembled it. It wasn't too bad to
look at, but in only 15 min of using it in front of the terminal,
she started to feel pain in her sciatic nerve (the nerve which
goes down the back of the leg and is often affected in cases
involving disk problems). The discomfort persisted for hours
after she got off the chair. We've returned it, and now wonder
whether the problem was caused by the inferior design of the
chair, the fact that my wife is short (5'2") and the chair
wasn't adjustable, or other factors. Do back chairs help in
ALL types of back trouble--muscular, disk, etc.--or just for
certain kinds of back trouble? Would 8 hours of sitting in a
back chair, in the only position that's possible, be any better
than 8 hours of sitting in a regular chair, in a variety of
positions? Has anyone with disk problems ever tried out the
$175 Balans chair for a long period of use?
--Charlie Harris, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ
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