The average office worker spends at least six hours a day sitting in a chair, exerting a large amount of stress on the intervertabral discs in their backs due to the fact that their full upper body weight is carried by the thigh muscles and buttocks. Sitting for long periods of time also causes discomfort in the feet and legs because of gravitational blood-pooling in the lower extremities. These problems can be eradicated by investing in suitable desk chairs.
Conventional office chairs do not take human ergonomics into account. Prolonged periods of sitting in these chairs has the potential to cause and/or aggravate existing back aches, leg problems, eye fatigue, as well as a whole host of related movement disorders. Realizing this, desk chair manufacturers have subsequently invested a lot of time and money into researching organic body movement, posturing and skeletal stress, which has equipped them with the knowledge necessary to design and manufacture chairs that take the limits and requirements of the human body into account.
Investing in high quality midback chairs has various benefits, including:
- Higher levels of productivity
- Proper blood flow to the legs and feet, which allows for a more comfortable working environment
- A lower risk of work-related injury
- Less risk of fatigue due to uncomfortable seating
