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Best Computer Chair for "fanny fatigue and numb legs" - bbostons


Posted: Aug 04, 2010

What kind of chairs are best for transcribing?  22 yrs and still can't find the right chair.  Mainly backside/low back hurt and legs go numb.  I am short also.  Is it really worth saving up to buy an expensive chair??  Anyone use a roho cusion?  I bought a cheap gel cushion but it was too "high"  (2 inch one).

bbostons - chair

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You need a chair that is adjustable in every possible way to fit your body. It sounds like your legs (being petite) might be "hanging" off the edge of the chair, putting pressure on a nerve somewhere and causing numbness. I used to have an office chair that had an adjustable seat length-- by which I mean the back would actually slide closer or farther from the seat, not just an adjustable angle. You may also need to "downsize" everything more dramatically than you think, if you are very short. Office furniture and desks are designed for very "average" sized people, and those of us who are not "average" sized adapt ourselves to these angles and distances that do not fit us. With many, many hours and days and years of repetition, the little malalignments begin to take their toll! (To say nothing of the physical strain of sitting motionless-- hard on the body, no matter how perfect the chair.)

chair for short people - bbostons

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Thanks for the tips! Anyone know of chair companies? I found one called SitBetter than has various chairs that have chairs for petite people...5'2". No one I know in the field ever seems to have these problems. Maybe it is because they aren't short as I am? Any specific chair?


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