Me, I have a disease which is kinda wiping out my connective tissue over time, which includes those lovely soft discs in my spine, dammit. Biggest current issue with that is that it’s getting harder and harder to sit at my desk for more than ~15min without lower back pain ratcheting up…
So I was wondering if anyone here with lower back issues has found a chair that helped them sit?
From L-R, T-B, chair #2 is a saddle chair, which looks kinda interesting. Chair #4 is one I used to have, which seemingly tries to keep the spine perfectly straight-up, but it was also hell on my knees.
Now, chair #3 kinda looks like a Star Trek-style bumper-car that I’d want to ride in my very last visit to an amusement park. 😄
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Aeron was helpful for my bulging disc. Steelcase Leap is also a great chair, as is the Gesture. Steelcase is less prescriptive about how it supports you compared to Aeron. Headrest is a big plus. Typically, in a desk work ergonomic scenario, you do not want any tension from holding yourself in position (which rules out exercise balls, saddle chairs, etc.) It also rules out “perfectly upright” chairs. Yes, it’s bad to sit that long, but holding a position for 4 hours is worse.
I’ll have to circle back to this one, as there are some things I don’t understand, at present. Later…
do you have a headrest attachment for the Aeron you’d recommend? I’m not sure if i need a headrest but maybe I don’t know what I’m missing out on?
There’s only one I’ve come across and it’s too expensive for my taste, but maybe one day. My back is healed so I don’t need it. Atlas Headrest
Yikes, I bought my chair used, and this headrest is like half the cost of the full chair itself.