Good Office Chairs for back pain?

Question

Im looking for a good OFFICE chair for someone with chronic back pain. what I need is an affordable, sturdy chair (heavy person). After about four hours at work, even getting up, the chairs ive had to this point just dont "fit" right and i think they may be contributing to my back problems. Im 6'4" and most of the chairs ive used are also seemingly too short for me. Some chairs are very "insistent" on their lumbar support which really hurts me badly. it should be wide (for, so am i) and preferably high-backed, in the sub-1000 category, and rated for fat people.

Anyone know the perfect chair here?

Answer 1

This is quite a tricky problem to solve, you might be best advised to look at an individually made chair from BodyBilt, you'll find an article about them here http://www.officechairadvice.com/ergonom...

Ideally you need to try out a chair before buying, a size C Aeron might work for you and trying it first would be best, depending on where you live there may be a local dealer where you could try one out.

Whatever you do avoid those great big armchairs on wheels, where the  back and seat aren't independent from each other they may look great but they won’t support your back properly. Also take a look at this article http://www.officechairadvice.com/ergonom...