LOL ! But on a serious note that reminded me of a couple of things. First, like I said earlier but wasn't clear on it, get the *adjustable* lumber support model. The other, the "khakis" video thing, well I can't say I have ever experienced that. What I have found is that mesh like fabric is incredibly comfortable for long long stays, and allows for air flow (especially good if it is a warm day)
|-----Original Message----- |From: [email protected] [mailto:ozdotnet- |[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dylan Tusler |Sent: Wednesday, 6 October 2010 12:28 PM |To: 'ozDotNet' |Subject: RE: Chair Recommendations | |-- |To balance the views: |http://www.dack.com/misc/aeron.html |(The Aeron Chair Sucks - not my opinion, just the headline of the linked page.) | |Cheers, | |Dylan. | | |-----Original Message----- |From: [email protected] [mailto:ozdotnet- |[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy |Sent: Wednesday, 6 October 2010 11:18 AM |To: 'ozDotNet' |Subject: RE: Chair Recommendations | |Hi Michael, | |I have an Aeron and love it. If you get one make sure you get the lower lumber |support. I've had it for about 5 years now and have had no major back issues |since; I still have to do some exercises now and then if I've been doing heavy |lifting tasks or been improperly bending (such as cutting tonnes of fire wood |etc) . About 6 months prior to buying the HM chair, I did my back BAD ! And I |mean real bad. I couldn't even sit for about 5 days because the nerves were |being pinched and it would set my leg into a massive cramp like spasm. |"agonizing" just starts to describe it. Lost sensation in my outer left foot, but |thankfully that came back. When I threw my back out, my whole left side went |into massive spasm. I remember not being able to do anything, just having to |ride it till it stopped. I actually thought I was having a stroke. Very scary, as I |was basically parallelized, with my body going into a massive muscle spasm. |Probably only lasted a minute or two, but it really felt like very long time. | |After that I went through all the rehab stuff. For a while there had a fancy |kneeling chair, then as I got better I moved to those balls. They are good but a |lot of work to keep a proper posture all day. Sadly once the damage has been |done, you never get back 100%. As I said, I still have to watch it and do my |exercises every now and then. For the most part, most people wouldn't know: |I'm still active, bike riding, fire fighting, SES storm etc (was cutting a huge tree |of a car just the other weekend). But if I knew then what I know now, I wouldn't |have thought twice about buying the right chair. Prior to doing my back I use to |have one of the old heavy metal framed office chairs with just an adjustable |back rest (low back rest). | |The way I justify the cost is pretty simple, I spend about 1/4 of my life in this |chair (still trying to get that below 20% <g>). I also spend about 1/3 rd in bed. |Spending more there is sensible, just like paying for airbags in a car you only |spend about 5% of your life in is. | | | ||-----Original Message----- ||From: [email protected] [mailto:ozdotnet- ||[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Ridland ||Sent: Tuesday, 5 October 2010 5:24 PM ||To: ozDotNet ||Subject: Chair Recommendations || ||Hey || ||Does anyone have any advise on chairs, I would like to know your |experiences ||with different chairs? Health issues surrounding them? Where I can ||source quality chairs? || || | | | |------------------------------------------------------------- |To find out more about the Sunshine Coast Regional Council, visit your local |office at Caloundra, Maroochydore, Nambour or Tewantin or visit us online at |www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au. If correspondence includes personal |information, please refer to Council's Privacy Policy at |http://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au . | |This email and any attachments are confidential and only for the use of the |addressee. If you have received this email in error you are requested to notify |the sender by return email or contact council on 1300 00 7272 and are |prohibited from forwarding, printing, copying or using it in anyway, in whole or |part. Please note that some council staff utilise Blackberry devices, which |results in information being transmitted overseas prior to delivery of any |communication to the device. In sending an email to Council you are agreeing |that the content of your email may be transmitted overseas. Any views |expressed in this email are the author's, except where the email makes it clear |otherwise. The unauthorised publication of an email and any attachments |generated for the official functions of council is strictly prohibited. Please note |that council is subject to the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld) and |Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld).
