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Getting comfortable at my desk

Lotti

Hi,

Has anyone found a good set up for your desk at work? I have autism, ADHD and dyspraxia and find the usual office set up painfully uncomfortable. If I really need to focus I work on the sofa or in bed instead.

Grateful to hear what others have found work for you

Parents

  • Thank you. Can any one recommend a particularly comfortable office chair with a headrest? 

  • in reply to Lotti

    I have problems with office type chairs and recliners, few are made for tall people and even fewer are made for tall women, our backs are a different shape to a mans, even with moveable lumbar support they're not right. I use a kneeling stool and have done for years they're designed to keep your spine straight but relaxed, so as you breathe properly and I don't find I get the sort of aching and slumping I get with normal chairs.

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    I have a long back, so I'm effectively taller than I look. On planes my head is sometimes above the headrest. I tend to slump, even in the opticians, but I don't do that anymore. I tell them to raise their stuff.

    I agree that some chairs are not right.

    The main problem with sitting all the time is the anterior pelvic tilt and the weak glutes. Not sure if kneeling is better for this, I think it is.

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  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    I have a long back, so I'm effectively taller than I look. On planes my head is sometimes above the headrest. I tend to slump, even in the opticians, but I don't do that anymore. I tell them to raise their stuff.

    I agree that some chairs are not right.

    The main problem with sitting all the time is the anterior pelvic tilt and the weak glutes. Not sure if kneeling is better for this, I think it is.

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