| People spend a third or more of their days staying in | | | | High back office chairs are suitable for people who |
| the office. While the nature of the work and the | | | | are more often than not busy with just some paper |
| pressure that each individual takes on is different from | | | | works and such other activities that do not require the |
| one another, each particular work environment and | | | | person to move around too much. These are usually |
| facilities (like office chairs) that would ensure the | | | | used by the people in the upper echelon of the |
| optimum performance and comfort of their employees. | | | | company. These people are the ones who work for |
| To better illustrate the point, let's talk about high back | | | | relatively longer hours than usual so they are the ones |
| office chairs. | | | | who need more support for their backs in order to |
| High back office chairs are the chairs that provide | | | | avoid more back pains and maintain natural posture. |
| back support and sometimes extend up to the neck | | | | There are now different kinds of high back office |
| and head. This also provides a semblance of natural | | | | chairs. Aside from the usual chairs with tall back |
| posture for the people. In order to ensure that these | | | | supports, there are those that can also recline to |
| chairs are capable of living up to their purpose, | | | | provide optimum support and rest for the individual |
| international standards are imposed. The standard | | | | using it. It also enables the occupant to have his/her |
| strength of the back of chairs mandated by the | | | | weight distributed to the back instead of just on the |
| Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturer's | | | | sitting bone. There are also the usual ones that have |
| Association (BIFMA) and is currently set at 68kgs. | | | | adjustable height and those that can swivel 360 |
| Innovations like high back office chairs started in mid | | | | degrees. There is also some of this kind with built in |
| 1800s when the booming and expanding industries | | | | massager in order to further address sore back |
| need to augment the productivity of their employees. In | | | | muscles. |
| order to do this, they tried to innovate the usual chairs | | | | With high back office chairs, employee productivity can |
| in order to make it mobile to save time and energy, | | | | be assured. And it does not end there, with the office |
| instead of standing and they tried making the chair | | | | furniture aiding in boosting the productivity of the |
| more comfortable and suitable to the people using it. | | | | workers and more suited for the health needs of the |
| Office chairs became more sophisticated with the | | | | people! These chairs are not merely status symbol, it |
| introduction of ergonomics. With ergonomics, chair | | | | can be instrumental for further improving the work |
| designs were no longer confined to the functions that | | | | performance and the people can kiss their back pains |
| must be fulfilled by the user of the chair. Instead, the | | | | goodbye! |
| comfort of its occupant is also taken into consideration. | | | | |