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Having a fully adjustable Laboratory/Office Chair enables you to adjust the chair to suit your unique seating position and so minimise neck and back pain.
- Elbow Measure
Adjust your Laboratory/Office Chair to ensure that your elbows are at a 90-degree angle. This should ensure that your hands are resting comfortably on the work station and your upper arms are parallel to your spine.
- 2. Thigh Measure
Make sure that you can easily slide a finger between your thighs and the edge of the Laboratory/ Office Chair. If you can’t use a footstool to raise your seating position, if there is a massive gap then raise the height of the workstation and your Laboratory/Office Chair.
3. Calf Measure
Attempt to pass your clenched fist between the back of your calf and the front of your Laboratory/Office Chair. If you can’t do this easily then you need to adjust the backrest of your Laboratory/Office Chair forward or insert a low back support.
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4. Low Back Support
Your lower back should be pressed against the back of the Laboratory/Office Chair giving it proper support. Use a cushion to prevent you slumping forward as you tire leaving your lower back unsupported. Do not slouch in your Laboratory/Office Chair as this will place greater strain on the lumbar discs of the back which could lead to them slipping if this is repeated over time.
5. Resting Eye Level
While sat at your work station your eyes should be level with the centre of the computer screen. If your computer screen is higher or lower than your gaze, you need to either raise or lower it to reduce neck strain.
6. Use your armrest
Use your armrest when you are sat on your Laboratory/Office Chair, this will prevent you sloping forward and remove some of the strain off your neck and shoulders.
We hope this helps but if you have any questions either telephone or email us telling us what you need to know.
Above all make sure you are sitting comfortably |
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