The Importance of Chair

Posted by Natali Ardianto on May 17, 2011 in Knowledge | 0 comments

Aditya Agustyana started the mailing list topic about how important a chair is. He said “A leader wouldn’t be great without the support of his wives (he literally said this ), and so are startups can produce a good product because a safe and comfortable chair to support his work. He actually started the topic about how to look for a same quality chair as Herman Miller but friendly for the wallet, because now he is experiencing back pain.

The conversation continues with inputs from fellow #StartupLokal member Yogi, such as Index Furniture, which usually had early year promotion that costs less than $ 150 adds Jaka . Rizky said that some good chairs are also available at Lottemart Wholesale. Good for buying staff chairs and also cheap tables. One recommend not to buy refurbish chair at Tebet, because it is not long lasting.

One member Robby said that 25% of the day is spent on chair (more than 4 hours a day), so it is worth it to buy a comfortable chair that supports the back. Talking about lower back pain, Dicky shared a story about a solution to solve lower back pain. It is called posture seating. Your chest need to be up, shoulders back, a hard pillow behind the chair helps a lot. And the chair should not be too soft. If you had a very bad lower back pain, doing yoga 4 times a week helps.

Alfin adds that usually the lower back is not supported perfectly by chair, thus the need for small pillow on the back of the chair. He adds that the height of the chair needs to be notice too. Not too high and hot too short, so the foot palm will step on the floor perfectly.

Saiful shared an infographic link on Mashable about Just How Dangerous is Sitting All Day? Azwar adds a few tips from Sidomi that by putting a little box below the feet will place your leg position up front. Don’t let your leg hangs or folded downward, because it will cause fatigue. Also put pillow behind the lower back, and drink a lot of water and a little excercise such as walk a little for 5 minutes to avoid stiffness.

Yogi adds tips that we should often stretch our muscles and light sport after 1-2 hours in front of PC, and every 30-60 minutes, we should move our eyes away from the monitor for 20 seconds. Nuzli give a download link at http://www.workrave.org/download available for Windows and Linux for timer/reminder to take a break from the PC.

Lastly, Rizqi shared a link about Joel Spolsky favorite chair, the Aeron Chairs (http://www.hermanmiller.com/Products/Aeron-Chairs) and Joel’s story on this http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/FieldGuidetoDevelopers.html . It costs you around 8 million. Well health doesn’t come cheap I guess.

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Below are the infographic from Mashable:

Natali Ardianto

#StartupLokal initiator, COO of tiket.com, advisors of golfnesia.com

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