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: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] 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? | |
