After the computer, the most important items in your office are the chair and the desk. You may be tempted to spend the most on the desk, the primary office status symbol, but unless you’re actually seeing clients in your office, you don’t need a desk that looks great as much as you need a chair that makes you feel great. Ergonomic chairs are designed to do that. Because of that your office chair will be one of the most important purchases you ever make. You may spend half your waking hours in your office chair, at least on workdays, so it’s best to get the chair that will provide you with the most comfort and support for the money.

Traditionally, office chairs were one size fits all, essentially lacking any kind of adjustment save vertical height. This meant that workers had to adjust to fit their chairs, or at least try to. The result was millions of cases of repetitive motion strain that could have been avoided. The ergonomic chair is the reverse, it adjusts to fit the worker, and in the process it helps the worker be more productive, and avoid RMS injuries.