5 Alternative Healthy Chairs for the Office

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When working, we are required to sit for a long time, even the total may be up to more than 8 hours. An uncomfortable chair will cause various health problems. However, we ourselves sometimes don't know what kind of chair is good for health. Even though a good chair will have a good effect on the whole body.

A good chair must fit in with the user's body, so that he can provide adequate support in a variety of sitting postures, and allow us to have a variety of sitting positions throughout the day working.

Alternative office chairs that are good for the body

Creative solutions to many health problems, from working while standing behind a high table, or with an active desk chair. This kind of chair will allow you to engage the muscles when you work at the desk. Below are 15 alternative types of ergonomic office chairs that are considered good for the body:

Swopper Stool
Locus Leaning Seat
Gaiam Balance Ball Chair
Buoy Chair
Mogo Portable Seat
Zenergy Ball Chair
Core Chair
Ergoergo
Wobble Chair
Muvman Sit-Stand Stool
Rockin ’Roller Desk Chair
Humanscale Freedom Saddle Seat
Kneeling Posture Office Chair
Ongo Chair
Exercise ball

From the 15 seats, we will share the benefits into 5 types, namely standing chair, balance ball chair, saddle seats, kneeling chair and active stools. Of the five types of chairs, we will discuss them one by one to find out more about the benefits of their use.

1. Standing Chair

Leaning seat locus, mogo portable seat, and muvman stool sit-ups is a chair stand group (standing chair) This type of chair can help you to take the weight of the body carried by the feet when we work in a standing position. Muvman stool sit-ups is a model standing chair the latest is flexible, so you can adjust your body position while working. Can be used to stand or sit, and can be tilted forward to place your position at the optimal distance from the work table. This chair is a good solution to avoid bending your legs while sitting, so as to minimize pressure on the hips.

2. Balance ball chair

Using the balance ball chair and exercise ball is a group balance ball chair,that is a balance seat that can strengthen the core muscles, improve body balance and stability, and improve spinal alignment and reduce pressure on nerves. However, a journal in 2006, published in Human Factors, explained the comparison of usage balance ball and office chairs in terms of muscle activity. The result states that though balance ball has some advantages for the muscles, but sitting with a long time on the ball results in significant discomfort.

Other studies have also concluded that sitting for long periods of time on unstable chair surfaces does not significantly affect muscle activity, spinal posture and overall spinal stability. However, the high level of inconvenience to users balance ball can be caused by soft tissue pressure on the ball.

3. Saddle seats

Humanscale freedom saddle seat is a type of chair that uses a saddle as a seat, can make you not slump when sitting in a chair, and can open your hips in placing the spine to form a healthy lordotic curve. However, research conducted by Gadge K. and Innes E., published in the US National Library of Medicine's National Institute of Health, states that seat saddles will cause discomfort in the lower back, especially the hips and buttocks.

4. Kneeling chair

Kneeling posture office chair is a chair that is designed to be used with posture like kneeling. This chair can help develop a dynamic sitting position so that your spine will be in its natural curve. The back and abdominal muscles will work and can improve breathing circulation, so the body will help you in concentration and creativity. Kneeling chair can also recover lordosis sufferers, according to research published in the US National Library of Medicine's National Institute of Health. The lumbar laxity is reduced due to the interaction between the chair and bone posture.

5. Active stools

Swooper stool, buoy chair, ergoergo, wooble chair, and ongo chair belong to the group active stools. This type of chair allows us to sit actively by moving the body to the side, up, down, backward and forward. All of these activities can make your muscles change position so that it becomes more flexible.