-- To balance the views: http://www.dack.com/misc/aeron.html (The Aeron Chair Sucks - not my opinion, just the headline of the linked page.)
Cheers, Dylan. -----Original Message----- From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy 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: 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? | | ------------------------------------------------------------- To find out more about the Sunshine Coast Regional Council, visit your local office at Caloundra, Maroochydore, Nambour or Tewantin or visit us online at www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au. If correspondence includes personal information, please refer to Council's Privacy Policy at http://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au . This email and any attachments are confidential and only for the use of the addressee. If you have received this email in error you are requested to notify the sender by return email or contact council on 1300 00 7272 and are prohibited from forwarding, printing, copying or using it in anyway, in whole or part. Please note that some council staff utilise Blackberry devices, which results in information being transmitted overseas prior to delivery of any communication to the device. In sending an email to Council you are agreeing that the content of your email may be transmitted overseas. Any views expressed in this email are the author's, except where the email makes it clear otherwise. The unauthorised publication of an email and any attachments generated for the official functions of council is strictly prohibited. Please note that council is subject to the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld) and Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld).
