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My wife and I used our first stimulus checks to buy Herman Miller chairs for our home offices, and it's probably the single biggest QoL increase I can remember from a purchase.
great chairs for the office, but awful if you want to play guitar at your computer. I guess you can't have everything in one chair.
pandemic and lockdown has changed literally NOTHING for me, except not having to endure the walk to the car to drive to work
Well I'm glad things are going good for you. Some of us are still struggling. Many people are too poor to splurge 1K on a luxury office chair. This article is about those people.
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It has been the worst for me since I have bought a Herman Miller Aeron. The thing leans to the right. I have got replacements, but they were all made the same month and have the same leaning issue. Some worse some better. Such poor quality control.
Not trying to defend HM (never tried their chairs), but I own a new Steelcase Leap V2 chair and I have the same issue. The replacement is as bad, leaning to the right. Apparently it is a design feature. I don't understand how these expensive furniture shops can ignore such obvious issues.
Having dealt with RSI and having worked at home for a long time, my list of tips that helped the most. Ordered for importance to me personally rather than cost or other factors: * Sit stand desk. Not just for standing: lets you adjust height while seated to ideal level * Placing keyboard/monitor at proper ergonomic heights to one another. This implies arranging keyboard height then having a separate monitor raised up…
Can you recommend a trusted source for working out what the ideal ergonomic setup is for an individual?
I have a Herman Miller Aeron - which I love, and spend most of my working time seated in - but sometimes my lower back hurts a bit (I'm getting on in years, so this is a factor too).
I've tried height adjustable desks, but I don't find standing for prolonged periods of time all that comfortable.
But what has done wonders for me is simply kneeling on the ground, so that the rest of my body is upright, and I'll place a soft wide pillow under my knees to cushion them a bit.
In other words, only my knees are bent (so that my shins are parallel to the ground, on the floor, perpendicular to my quads). But my upper legs and torso form a straight line.
The height of my desk is just right so that my forearms sit comfortably on top of my desk, and I find that I can sit like this with a perfectly straight posture for long periods of time whilst remaining totally relaxed.
This kneeling technique has helped alleviate my occasional lower back pain, and I hope it helps one of you too :-)
I don't know, I found the best way to fix issues with my posture was to strengthen my core and shoulders, while increasing flexibility in my hamstrings, hip flexors, and shoulders. I also never brought my aeron chair home from my office space when the lockdown started and for the past year I've used a cheap piano bench at my desk that has no back. Forces me to stay upright all day and it's been surprisingly great. Th…
Ive taken up Bouldering as a sport that is super compatible with WFH in a city. You can go to the gym, and interleave shoulder and core excersizes with coding sessions. I did this before the pandemic and am not in the city now, but when I go back, its a great way to stay in shape in that environment. Rings are a cheap and portable excersize tool as well.
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The quality has gone downhill the last few years with the new "remastered" Aeron chairs, IMO. Lots more plastic and thinner/lighter metal components. Anyone looking to get one you're better off with a 5+ year old refurbished classic. Half the price and honestly better.
This is interesting. Have you got any more information/literature? I really need to find a solution.
Having dealt with RSI and having worked at home for a long time, my list of tips that helped the most. Ordered for importance to me personally rather than cost or other factors: * Sit stand desk. Not just for standing: lets you adjust height while seated to ideal level * Placing keyboard/monitor at proper ergonomic heights to one another. This implies arranging keyboard height then having a separate monitor raised up…
It's very easy for me to say to myself, "I'll just work through this discomfort until lunch or until the end of the day." That's a hard habit to break. But just like any sport or exercise, the best course of action is to immediately stop, evaluate the situation, and make a correction. I wish I would have learned this lesson earlier, but at least I haven't caused permanent damage. Don't be like me. Be aware of discomfort and do everything to fix it early.