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Ergonomic Office Chairs

  • 04-07-2006 11:34am
    #1
    kizzyr
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    Hi,

    I've been looking into getting myself one of these chairs for work. I am constantly uncomfortable on the chair I have now and none of the others I've tried in the office are any better. I am also suffering from pain in my neck and shoulders. I've been having acupuncture treatments for other pain for a while now and mentioned it to the acupuncturist last night and he suggested that I look into the ergonomics of my office space. It makes lots of sense as its only when I get to work that this tightness/ discomfort/pain really sets in and by the end of the week its pretty bad.
    Anyway I could go on about that for ages and so to cut that long story short I was wondering if any of you have experience with one of these chairs and if so where did you buy it and how much did it cost? Also did you have any health and safety red tape to go through in your office before you got it or did you just go and get it?
    Thanks in advance


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  • #2
    Alun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,499 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    Be aware though that just having a good chair isn't the be-all and end-all. Posture, distance of monitor from your head, position of keyboard, lighting, height of desk etc. all play just as important a role.


  • #3
    kizzyr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,410 ✭✭✭kizzyr


    Alun wrote:
    Be aware though that just having a good chair isn't the be-all and end-all. Posture, distance of monitor from your head, position of keyboard, lighting, height of desk etc. all play just as important a role.
    Thats a fair point and while I'm pretty sure my posture is ok how do I know what the correct position of the keyboard etc is? Do I just move them until I'm comfortable with them or what:confused:


  • #4
    Alun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,499 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    There's plenty of resources on the web if you Google on "ergonomics posture" etc.

    http://www.healthycomputing.com/ seems to cover all the bases, but there are others.

    I was pretty blase about all this until a couple of ex-colleagues got RSI really badly, and one of them was effectively declared unfit to work because of it.


  • #5
    kizzyr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,410 ✭✭✭kizzyr


    Alun wrote:
    There's plenty of resources on the web if you Google on "ergonomics posture" etc.

    http://www.healthycomputing.com/ seems to cover all the bases, but there are others.

    I was pretty blase about all this until a couple of ex-colleagues got RSI really badly, and one of them was effectively declared unfit to work because of it.
    Thanks for that:) I really want to get this sorted out before it becomes a big problem for me and ends up being a big thing in my life. I'm lucky in that my boss will back me up with whatever I want to do with this but essentially the cost will be down to me :( The joy of working in the Health Service eh:rolleyes: Thing is I don't really mind forking out for stuff like this myself though if it helps me out.


  • #6
    Alun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,499 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    Pay for it yourself? Are you mad? I'd say if anything that as a Civil Servant, and especially one in the Health Service, this sort of thing should be pretty well covered. Do you have an Occupational Health department or something similar? If not go to HR and ask them. There's no way on earth you should be paying for any of this yourself, and if there's anything about your working environment that's causing you pain and injury, however small, then your employer is legally responsible to sort it out.


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  • #7
    kizzyr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,410 ✭✭✭kizzyr


    Alun wrote:
    Pay for it yourself? Are you mad? I'd say if anything that as a Civil Servant, and especially one in the Health Service, this sort of thing should be pretty well covered. Do you have an Occupational Health department or something similar? If not go to HR and ask them. There's no way on earth you should be paying for any of this yourself, and if there's anything about your working environment that's causing you pain and injury, however small, then your employer is legally responsible to sort it out.
    I was initally of the understanding that this type of thing would be covered and if I was prepared to wait an absolute age to get it and jump through endless read tape and have a number of visits to a doctor to check if I really needed it or not then they would cover it but at that stage I'll probably be out on a sick cert because I'll be in such pain from the crappy chair and work station I currently have. An example of how slow they are to do anything is that it took over a year for a requisition I placed for a new printer to be delivered and then I only got it so "fast" because I kept asking about it. :rolleyes:


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