The following are ways to improve back safety when sitting in a chair:
- Sitting with your body at 90-degree angles all the time is not the healthiest way to spend a workday
- Fixed postures generate fatigue
- Recline when you can
- Frequent positional changes are vitally important to good health
The Task Chair
- Height – feet firmly on the ground or on a footrest
- Adjust seat pan to allow you to sit all the way back in the chair
- Adjust backrest height so that the lumbar support is in the curve of your back
- Adjust the angle of the backrest so that you are comfortably supported
- Adjust tilt/rock feature to allow movement when you’re performing non-typing tasks