Let us help you choose the right chair for you We are ergonomic specialists and we LOVE kneeling chairs. They work immediately to improve posture, stimulate movement and keep joints and muscles active while sitting. There are dozens of different makes and models of kneeling chair... so which one is right for you? Over the last 25 years we've tried a huge range of kneeling chairs, from the cheapest to the most expensive, from the sleek and beautiful to the frankly weird; and we have whittled them down to just a few of the very best and reviewed them all below. Kneeling chairs make sitting fun, but more importantly they increase health and productivity at the same time. The key to all good chairs is movement, forwards-and-backwards, side-to-side, up-and-down, the more movement the better. We call this active sitting. Once you achieve active sitting your core muscles will become stronger and you will find your posture will improve overnight, joints will be less stiff, and you will become more focused and have higher concentration levels.
When you sit on a kneeling chair you balance the spine properly over the pelvis – i.e. good posture! – On the best kneeling chairs, the rock of the chair is exceptionally good at helping you to keep good posture, even when you are tired. This offers almost perfect design and function. The Variable's outstanding qualities are only exceeded by those of the Thatsit, but the Variable wins on price so it's our best-selling kneeling chair. It fits anyone from 7 years upwards. All chairs come with a 7-year warranty. Kneeling Chair with Backrest We believe that Thatsit is the ultimate kneeling chair. It allows the most movement and offers the greatest support. The chair has adjustable leg supports and can be adapted perfectly to the user, regardless of height. Multi is made to an exceptionally high quality and has a 7 year warranty. It's a great chair if you need to sit for an hour or so and then fold it away. Like the Posture Chair the Multi is suitable for occasional use.
The knee pad pivots. Nevertheless we suggest one of the chairs below such as the Variable if you want an even better experience or to sit all day. Multi is suitable for a variety of table heights and activities. Both height and seating angle can be adjusted simultaneously and the chair can be folded for storage or transport. This is most people's idea of a good home kneeling chair; it won "best in test" in a leading consumer magazine. The Wing allows more movement than either the Variable or the Multi. Wing is an unconventional working chair with castors, height adjustement, swivel and tilt functions. The Wing also comes with either hard castors for soft floors or soft castors for hard floors. Service from Back in action was very good. Although, the item I ordered was not quite in stock they offered to upgrade to the next material without additional cost and the chair arrived promptly thereafter. The kneeling chair itself is so for , after a couple days use, not quite as good as I was expecting.
Still more pressure on the knees that I expected there to be. Still getting used to my Kneeling Seat, and having to build up the hours of use...but so far so good. It is good quality. Very comfortable and hoping it will aid my speedy return to work! I purchased the Balan Kneeling Chair, which does the trick perfectly. However, the wrong part was supplied, not enabling me to fit the back extension. Back in Action though very quickly supplied the replacement part, which works perfectly. A unique ergonomic design for an alternative sitting position that promotes good posture. High density polyurethane moulded foam Polished aluminium base (PC068) Various height gas lifts Soft PU castors (PC016) Weight Rating (kg) Buro guaranteed to Sitting Hours Buro Indicative (daily) (Knee rest size) 430w x 250d 615w x 645h x 580d Buro on Stage – OPD Expomania & Supplier of the Year Awards The Buro Team were the proud recipients of the Supplier of the Year award for the Furniture category at the Office Products Depot Supplier of the Year Awards 2016 on Saturday night.
As always the Buro team had a fantastic time at the annual OPD Expo, where we kitted out our Buro stand in the […] Buy a Used "Flash Furniture Wooden Ergonomic Kneeling Posture ..." and save 57% off the $149.00 list price. Good, but more flexibility would be betterPhysio Health Ltd is a Physiotheraphy rehab business based in Tauranga specialising in rehabilitation of patients under going various forms of joint surgery.Physio Health provides specialist equipment to assist patients with their recovery from surgery. We are New Zealand’s Non Weight Bearing Specialists - supplying a range of rehab equipment to aid in your recovery. Scooters and Walkers for non-weight bearing mobility Made for New Zealand conditions - Tough & Adaptable - Outside & Inside UseChoose from our Knee Scooters, Seated Walkers, Rollerfoots or iwalks. The benefits of each are described when you click on the links so that you can choose which is best for your situation Our Knee Scooters are adapted to your situation and needs.
Click here for more Designed for people who cannot kneel comfortably due to an injury. The RollerFoot is a great hands free alternative to crutches/knee scooterClick here for more Our Knee Scooters are adapted to your situation and needs. Click here for more Shower Stools & Over Toilet Shower stool and over toilet frame/commode. The Iwalk is a great handsfree option. go up/down stairs and over rough terrain. Basket or "Carry Bag" You have the choice of either a Basket with Crutches HoldersClick here for moreThe wrong chair = real health problems. (Total read time: 8 minutes) In this post I’ll cover how I identified the best high-end chairs in the world, which I ultimately chose, and the tangible results that followed. In January of 2005, I found myself on a veranda in Panama after the usual afternoon rain, dreaming of the upcoming year and reflecting on lessons learned since leaving the US. Maria Elena, the matriarch of the Panamanian family that had adopted me, sipped her iced tea and pointed at my bruised feet:
“Tim, let me share some advice I was once given. Buy the most comfortable bed and pair of shoes you can afford. If you’re not in one, you’ll be in the other.” I followed her advice upon returning to CA and the results were sudden: Plantar Fasciitis disappeared, as did shoulder impingement after switching from coil-spring to foam-layered mattresses. But what about chairs? On January 4th, 2009, I tweeted out the following: “Is the Aeron chair worth it? http://tr.im/2uxd Do you have any fave chairs for extended sitting and writing?” Even though I’m financially comfortable now, I didn’t grow up spending a lot of money, which I’m thankful for. To this day, I’ve never paid for first-class airfare for myself. Not that it isn’t worth it — I just can’t do it. Similarly, I had trouble believing a chair could possibly be worth $850-$1,200, but my back pain led me to pose the question to the omniscient Interweb. More than 95% of Aeron users replied with “yes, absolutely”, but it wasn’t the only chair with a cult-like following.
Four of the five are manufactured by Herman Miller (HM) and Humanscale (HS). Prices are from Amazon, as are the star reviews, but discounts of $200-400 can be negotiated with dealers. Both eBay and Craiglist offer similar discounts. In descending order of popularity: 1. Aeron (Fully loaded) (HM) – $879 (1 review; average review: 5 stars) Used at NASA mission control and tech start-ups worldwide.2. Mirra (fully loaded) (HM) – $829 (14 reviews; average review: 4.5 stars) Note: the Herman Miller sales representatives I spoke with preferred the Mirra seat feel for shorter legs vs. the Aeron. Easier to adjust: Mirra is about 9 revolutions from loosest to tightest settings; 3. SwingChair – $495 Recommended by a strong contingent of writers, including one of my favorite visual storytellers, Kathy Sierra. I like the design concept, but I would suggest other forms of “core exercise”. 4. Liberty (HS) – $899 (6 reviews; average review: 3.5 stars) 5. Freedom Task Chair with Headrest (HS) – $999.99 (1 review, average: 4 stars) Used at the FBI and by other governmental agencies with three-letter acronyms.
6. Embody – $1,800 list price (negotiated with dealer: $1,200-1,300): Basis of chair design – sitting is bad; Even in locked position, it still has some backward flex at the top position. No forward tilt option. For personal testing, I also added a Swiss-ball chair (Isokinetics Balance Ball Chair – $75) to the mix, as seen below: Surprisingly, the Isokinetics chair is more comfortable than most fixed chairs I tested, though there is some minor… ahem… testicular compression that isn’t nearly as pleasant as it sounds. If you don’t have jewels to worry about, this chair could well be an ideal cost-effective choice. The chair I most wanted to test was the Mirra, which seems to have the best combination of price point (bought used or via eBay) and multiple 5-star reviews. Not to mention it’s also the name of one of the best BMXers of all time. In the end, I bought a used C-size (technically a bit too large for me) Aeron for $450 on Craigslist. I’m impatient and didn’t want to wait over the weekend to schedule sittings for other Herman Miller chairs with a certified dealer.
Once I have some conclusive comparable data, I want closure.I’m 5′ 8″ and 170 lbs., but the C works with no problem. 1) The lumbar support is — by far — the primary determinant of comfort or pain. I’ve lowered this adjustment and found that maintaining the natural S-curve through pressure on the lower back is what prevents pain most consistently. Comfortable sitting time is now 7-8 hours vs. less than 2 hours, with no ill after-effects. Sliding lumbar support on the Aeron. 2) Seat height (and secondarily, depth) will determine the rest. If the flats of your feet don’t make complete contact with the floor, you will move your hips forward and slouch, eliminating the S-curve in the lower lumbar. If your seat is too low and your knees are above your hips, you will shorten the habitual range your hip flexors (negative neural adaptation) and end up with severe lower-back pain. Aim to keep your hamstrings parallel to the floor, and if the seat is too long for your femur (thigh bone) — as is mildly the case with my C-size Aeron — just separate your knees a bit.
If you’re not wearing a tight skirt, I’ve found a basketball of space between the knees to provide the best lateral stabilization, which reduces torso fatigue. Take off heels when sitting at a desk, lest you end up with hot calves and Quasimodo-like posture. Not good for mating. If you are wearing a tight skirt, I suggest taking up the Japanese tea ceremony and sitting on tatami side saddle. It’ll be more comfortable than crossing your legs all day.True, I’ve thought more about chairs in the last few weeks than anyone should, but I do it to save you the trouble. Benefit from my OCD so you can obsess on other things. 3) Using a 3′ long and 6″ diameter foam roller three times per day for 5 minutes can eliminate persistent middle-back pain from mediocre chair use; conversely, it can extend your comfortable sitting time by 30-40%. Knowledge workers often log more ass-in-seat time than sleep. Coders, in particular, are often subjected to a steady diet of Mountain Dew and hunching for 12+-hour marathons.
I don’t put in these hours, but I found myself with severe mid-upper back pain from using a non-adjustable chair and craning over a desk that was too low, even for 30-60 minutes per day. Two doctors suggested various therapies, but a quick experiment (placing a laptop on top of a dresser and writing while standing for two days) proved that posture was the problem. In less than a week following my switch to the Aeron, all upper middle-back (lower trapezius, rhomboid major) pain disappeared completely. The results: better output during work and writing, faster and deeper sleep, and a huge smack on the forehead. Why the hell didn’t I do this earlier? In my case, was it worth it at $450? Particularly looking at the value of time per hour and the lost income due to doctor visits, massage, etc., this is $450 I should have invested years ago. Odds and Ends: Twitter Giveaway WinnersThe travel bag and Fujitsu color travel scanner are gone. More giveaways coming here this week…