kneel chairs

[motorbiking]

Does anyone use a kneel chair for working at a desk?

I have a herniated L5 which is getting progressively worse due to sitting at my home desk. I am building a new office and will be installing a stand up desk, but wondered if anyone had any success with those chairs you kneel on?

 

[Brigadier]

Does anyone use a kneel chair for working at a desk?

I have a herniated L5 which is getting progressively worse due to sitting at my home desk. I am building a new office and will be installing a stand up desk, but wondered if anyone had any success with those chairs you kneel on?

No experience of said chair / stool, but here's another way of looking at it.

Being immobile in pretty much any position for hours on end is not going to do anyone any good.

So, get the chair, get the stand-up desk, get a yoga ball as well, and rotate between them as and when you remember to.

And always get up and wander around, when making 'phone calls

 

[motorbiking]

You know, that is something that has changed post pandemic. Everything is zoom/teams now whereas it used to be mobile and I always wondered about when talking on the phone. Plus in meeting rooms someone would always stand up and draw something.

I do try to get on my feet a couple of times an hour.

 

[JP_]

I've not, but a friend raved about them years ago.

 

[robinbanks]

I had one but found it hurt my knees. I now have an Apple Watch that nags me hourly to get up and move about if it detects I've spent too long sitting

 

[crystal ball]

The MD of a factory I visit has used one for years, works for him

 

[Dork Lard]

Are you pregnant? These are mostly used in late stage pregnancy with 78.3% of late stage pregancies saying it is their only way to sit comfortably.

I know a few who tried them for intense office type work but ultimately they are not the answer to sitting down for extended periods of time.

 

[IT Minion]

You know, that is something that has changed post pandemic. Everything is zoom/teams now whereas it used to be mobile and I always wondered about when talking on the phone. Plus in meeting rooms someone would always stand up and draw something.

I do try to get on my feet a couple of times an hour.

I do most of my calls whilst standing. Sit/stand desks are great.

I tried one of those kneeling chairs for a while but didn't get along with it. A second hand Herman Miller is my recommendation.

If you have a wireless headset you can still roam (assuming you're not doing video).

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

A comfy chair with armrests works for me. I also have a gel cushion, highly recommended.

Plus tell yourself to keep sitting back.

Also get your eyes or specs checked. I previously found that my specs were focussed far too closely for my monitor distance, meaning I had to stoop forwards to see in focus. Since I measured the distance and took a tape measure to my last eye test it's the opposite, if I slouch forward my vision goes blurred, which forces me to sit properly.

 

[motorbiking]

Are you pregnant? These are mostly used in late stage pregnancy with 78.3% of late stage pregancies saying it is their only way to sit comfortably.

I know a few who tried them for intense office type work but ultimately they are not the answer to sitting down for extended periods of time.

do you have an answer?

 

[Dork Lard]

How long do you need to sit for? Need & MUST being 2 totally different things.

do you have an answer?

Possibly. Depends upon 'lot's' of things. What works for me is an amalgamation of advice from respected sources that solved my very similar problem all those years ago.

I have a regime where I do 'warm up exercises' before I do what most would consider 'nothing'. Doing 'nothing' for any extended period of time is actually very bad for your body. I don't actually do 'nothing' for any extended period of time anymore, 'cos that is very bad for your body, especially if you do it regularly. I break up my extended periods of doing 'nothing' by doing 'something else' inbetween what used to be the extended periods of doing 'nothing' that caused the problem in the first place.

Confused? I expect many will be.

My regime consists of approx 10mins of scratching my balls followed by 30mins sitting down & digesting what's come in overnight & trying to sort it all out, then I take the dogs a walk A: to get my head together, B: plan my actions & C: 'Cos one of my pleasures in life is walking my dogs. On our return I eat something, mainly 'cos watching my dogs scoff makes me hungry but also because I cannot do good work while I'm hungry. Then I sit down & get my head down. This period can last 2-3hrs, but this is when I do my best & most intense work. after that I do something totally different, this can be a little gardening, trolling Mottie & JohnD'ski, or it could be something as mundane as watching a little TV. When the clock hits roughly 7-8am then I might wake SWMBO with a cup of tea & from that moment on my time is NOT my own.

 

[Old Salt]

I had a back op, L4/5 disc removed. One of those chairs worked for me but only once I had recovered from the op, physio and recuperation. Pre op it killed me.

 

[Justin Passing]

A batch was introduced to a lab I worked in. The people with bad backs liked them, but most found them a bit uncomfortable on the knees. I use/d a "perching stool" sometimes, good for working at a bench.

 

[securespark]

I had one but found it hurt my knees. I now have an Apple Watch that nags me hourly to get up and move about if it detects I've spent too long sitting

Yeah, my "fatness" watch bleats every 20 mins if I ain't moved...

 

[robinbanks]

Mine wants me to move every hour. I always thought I was quite good at getting up and going to make a cup of tea etc but judging by how often I get nagged it's quite easy for me to sit for 2 or 3 hours without realising.