Sign number 1: Your office chair has a backrest
Your office chair has a backrest? Then you should get the hell out of there! Contrary to the widespread opinion that a backrest relieves the back, it does more harm than good. Because when your back doesn't have to hold itself up, the muscles in your back atrophy. Pain in the spine and muscles is pre-programmed due to the weakened back. In the worst case, they will accompany you forever.
Sign number 2: The seat is rigid
Everyone knows this: You sit down for a moment and think "Ah, nice". But what happens during the hours you sit? If you don't move at all for hours on the rigid seat, this sends a signal to your brain: "Stop thinking, nothing more is happening here today!". If you stay in one position for a long time, you tempt your brain to shut down. And with that, the ability to concentrate suffers and, in old age, even the entire brain, keyword dementia and Alzheimer's.
Sign number 3: You need to adjust to your office chair
Yes, of course, up and down you can drive your office chair. But beyond that? Very few office chairs allow you to adjust them to your weight or individual movements. Conversely, this means you have to adjust to your office chair - and you can only lose.
Sign number 4: There are armrests
Always wanted to know what it feels like to be locked in? Then get an office chair with armrests. Joking aside, armrests prevent you from adopting alternative positions when sitting on the office chair. Plus, armrests serve as unwanted spacers from the desk, which in turn encourages bad posture. And, just like the backrest, the armrest takes holding work away from the body and thus permanently weakens it.
Sign number 5: You have to sit to work
It's a vicious circle! You have to sit down in order to work. And once you sit, you sit for hours because you have to work. So it has snapped shut, the unavoidable sitting trap. It's usually hard to escape, and in many professions it's impossible; you have to sit. And that means that sitting for long periods of time makes you tired and listless in the long run. And even worse, studies show that sitting for at least six hours a day can shorten your lifespan by up to 20 percent!
So, it's time for you to look for a new office chair. To find the right office chair, pay attention to this,
- that the office chair does not restrict your freedom of movement
- That the office chair follows you and not vice versa
- that the office chair has no backrests (backrest, armrests) if possible
- that the office chair becomes a supporting actor and not the main annoyance.
The Aeris Swopper is the perfect example that a good office chair does not need a backrest. On the contrary: without backrest and armrests, you always sit ergonomically correct.
