The Right Office Chair: Avoid Back Pain
DCS can offer the right advice and source the right chair for you if you're looking to buy an office chair. Consider the following statistics:
Over 1.1 million people experience musculoskeletal disorders caused by work, with an estimated 12.3 million days lost annually because of these.
Back pain is a major cause of sickness absence from work. Nationally it is estimated that there are around half a million people with some form of back complaint caused by work.
A report by Backcare, the Forum of Private Business and the TUC suggested that back pain is a problem for almost two thirds... of small businesses. They found one in five people working in small firms had back strain. The average small firm was said to be losing 22 days of work a year from back strain.
Source: http://www.hse.gov.uk/
To minimise back trouble and Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI), it is vital to source a suitable, adjustable office chair, and there are a number of elements to consider. You need to make sure:
- The chair seat back is adjustable.
- You have good lumbar support.
- You have seat height adjustability.
- There is no excess pressure on underside of thighs and backs of knees.
- You have foot support if needed.
- There is space for postural change, and no obstacles are under the desk.
- Your forearms are approximately horizontal.
(For guidelines on adjusting your workstation, click here to read tips from the WorkSmart website from the TUC.)
DCS recommended chairs
The Gresham Adlington Operator Chair
This is a unique operator chair with a posture design and quality usually associated with higher value models. Features complementary outer back and base detail with two quality tested mechanisms and back height adjustment. The Adlington is a superior chair in its class.
Chair options: High Back Task Chair, High Back Cantilever Chair and High Back Draughting Chair. Colour options: Charcoal and Blue for fast delivery, plus a large range of other colour and fabric options.
Optional extras: Fixed Arms, Height Adjustable Arms.
If you are looking for more ergonomic features, consider the Gresham Platinum chair, which also offers fold down arms, lumbar support and sliding seats.
For further details please contact us using the General Enquiry form or call 0845 850 1973.
The Gresham Platinum Ergo Task Chair
The Platinum Ergo range provides posture support through a combination of features. It includes the most popular mechanism of independent seat and back functions, plus ratchet back height adjustment, gas lift seat height control and seat tilt, or the alternative of a synchronised mechanism.
Chair options: High Back Task Chair, High Back Cantilever Chair. Colour options: Charcoal and Blue for fast delivery, plus a large range of other colour and fabric options.
Optional extras: Fixed Arms, Height Adjustable Arms, Height Adjustable Fold Down Arms, Sliding Seat Depth Adjustment, Inflatable Lumbar Support, Aluminium Five Star Base.
For further details please contact us using the General Enquiry form or call 0845 850 1973.