I got one of these and love it. A lot cheaper than the Aeron too... http://www.empirefurniture.com.au/seating/seatingGetRange1.php?get=VIBE14
Empire have fancier ones, but I just couldn't figure some of them out! ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy [[email protected]] 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? | | NOTICE - This communication is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking any action in reliance on, this communication by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication please delete and destroy all copies and telephone SMS Management & Technology on 1300 842 767 immediately. Any views expressed in this Communication are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of SMS Management & Technology. Except as required by law, SMS Management & Technology does not represent, warrant and/or guarantee that the integrity of this communication has been maintained nor that the communication is free from errors, virus, interception or interference.
