| With the hours that employees spend seated in their | | | | order to allow reclining motion. |
| office chair in this, the computer age, it is important to | | | | Your feet should always be on the floor. If you have |
| remember to practice good ergonomics and keep the | | | | adjusted your seat to accomodate your elbow to |
| correct positioning throughout the day. Ergonomics are | | | | desk heights but now your feet are not Flat on the |
| the key to a healthy body, back and neck when | | | | floor, you will need to get a small footrest in order to |
| working long hours in your task chair. When you sit in | | | | keep your feet flat. Your upper arms and lower arms |
| your office chair, you should adjust it to the proper | | | | should be at 90 degree to 120 degree and you can |
| position first, remembering a simple checklist of setup | | | | accomplish this by moving your chair closer or farther |
| motions. | | | | away from your workstation, again helping with the |
| You need to first be educated in the proper ergonomic | | | | wrist positioning. |
| posture in order to get an idea of what position your | | | | After you have adjusted your chair and desk, you |
| spine should take. Ergonomic posture information can | | | | next need to work on your computer monitor. The top |
| be found in detailed explanantions in the first 3 articles | | | | of your monitor should be at or below the normal |
| of this ergonomic series. This will help you to keep the | | | | vision line. Many people make the mistake of placing |
| proper postion throughout the day and varying tasks. | | | | their monitor up higher or on a platform to save space. |
| Start by checking your elbow placement. They should | | | | However, this is very damaging, not only to your eyes |
| rest comfortably at or above the working surface. | | | | but especially to muscles in your neck. Saving your |
| You can get the proper height by varying your | | | | neck from constantly being put in the wrong postition |
| keyboard tray height or using seat height adjustment | | | | will save you from many back problems later on. |
| to get the proper placement for your elbows. This is a | | | | Also know that when you are performing different |
| very important feature in proper ergonomics for those | | | | tasks, your chair might require adjustment with each |
| working at a computer, typing or using the mouse for | | | | job to adequately stay in the ergonomic positioning |
| long periods of time. Your wrist needs to stay in a | | | | needed. When you are typing at your computer your |
| relaxed position and the elbow height to desk height | | | | body is in a completely different form than when |
| should help this motion become easier. | | | | stapling, using the mouse or taking notes. Your chair |
| Next you need to check the backrest involving | | | | may need to adjust to these tasks at different |
| checking your torso and upperlegs. The desired | | | | workstations and some tweaking of the chair is |
| ergonomic position is not an upright position as many | | | | required. |
| may think. The correct ergonomic position of your seat | | | | Proper ergonomics can save your body, back, neck, |
| back is at a slight angle. A true ergonomic task office | | | | and arms from damage caused by even the simplest |
| chair would feature a tilt mechanism with locking | | | | of everyday office tasks. Once you have practiced |
| positions allowing the user to keep the chair in the | | | | proper ergonomics for some time and placed your |
| perfect posture at all times. If yours does not feature | | | | chair in the correct position, your back is sure to notice |
| this mechanism, you simply need to remember to sit | | | | and thank you. |
| back and keep your chairs tilt tension control perfect in | | | | |