Kneeling Chairs

What is a Kneeling Chair?

A great alternative to conventional seating! Kneeling chairs are a beneficial solution to ergonomic seating. Kneeling chairs tilt your thighs and hips at about a 160 to 170 degree angle, which allows you to take pressure off your spine and assume more weight in your shins.

Ergonomics of Kneeling Chairs

The design of a kneeling chair encourages good posture by sliding the hips forward and aligning the back, shoulder and neck.

The primary support still remains on the sitter’s seat, while some weight is distributed to the sitter’s shins for additional support. This is to minimize the creation of pressure points.The forward tilt of the chair reduces spinal compression, and therefore reduces the stress and tension in the lower back and leg muscles. Kneeling chairs also force you to use your core abdomninal muscles so that you are not placing pressure on your skeletal frame (causing more compression and pain). The kneeling chairs help to keep your spine in its natural “S” alignment, making sitting feel effortless.

Why Choose Kneeling Chairs Over Conventional Seating? Why Not?

Kneeling chairs allows your spine to sit in the natural “S”-shaped position, which conventional seating somewhat constricts. They force you to use your core muscles to take pressure off your knees and back, reducing compression.

Kneeling chairs are also very beneficial to task seating. They are great if you are doing a moderate amount of sitting. They are very good for upright and forward-reaching, short-term hand tasks that do not a lot of different movement.

However, kneeling chairs are only supplemental to conventional office seating. Kneeling chairs promote correct ergonomic seating; they do not necessarily give you ultimate support for a long work day.

Myths of Kneeling Chairs

The main misinterpretation about kneeling chairs is that it is bad for your knees. This is NOT the case! Kneeling chairs place you in a much different position than when you are in kneeling position.

The truth remains that kneeling chairs enable you to use your upper thigh muscles and core abdominal muscles to relieve pressure off major pressure points, like your lower lumbar and knees. Kneeling chairs help you to distribute weight between the seat of the chair and the sitter’s shins.

Various Features of Kneeling Chairs

Memory Foam: Memory foam is a pressure relieving material designed to comfort your shins and allow you to sit for longer. Healthy Back branded a kneeling chair that features memory foam in the seat and leg rest. Click here to shop!

Height Adjustable: Kneeling chairs can be height adjustable enabling you to gain the perfect angles that your height requires. While there are manual height adjustments, some kneeling chairs even feature gas lifts. Click here to check one out!