Too high - or too low?

[C.Ann]

Now that I'm all unpacked and using my lap top at my desk again (to type and print out Christmas cookie and bread recipes in between posting on threads), I've noticed there's a problem with my desk chair.. Someone must have used it while I was away and readjusted it..

Anyhoo - problem is I'm getting a pain between my shoulder blades and I know it's from the adjustment of the chair.. So is it too high - or too low?
I've been fiddling with it all morning and just can't seem to get it right..

A million years ago - when I took typing in high school - I remember the teacher instructing us as to "where" our wrists should be - and how they should be positioned - which meant the chair adjustment was correct.. Can I remember? Of course not - it was over 45 years ago..

Anyone?

 

[bookgirl]

Think 90 degree angles. Feet on floor, knees bent at right angle. Hands should be flat on desk top or on your wrist pad, with your elbows at right angles. Back should be straight either against the back of your chair or on lumbar support so that your hips and thighs form a ....right angle. Shoulders should be in a down position, not not rounded forward or back so that your neck and shoulders form right angles.


Can you tell I've recently been in a workshop about coumputer ergonomics.

Did you ever wonder why no one calls them left angles...I mean either direction they're still 90 degrees on a compass?

 

[C.Ann]

Think 90 degree angles. Feet on floor, knees bent at right angle. Hands should be flat on desk top or on your wrist pad, with your elbows at right angles. Back should be straight either against the back of your chair or on lumbar support so that your hips and thighs form a ....right angle. Shoulders should be in a down position, not not rounded forward or back so that your neck and shoulders form right angles.


Can you tell I've recently been in a workshop about coumputer ergonomics.

Did you ever wonder why no one calls them left angles...I mean either direction they're still 90 degrees on a compass?

Thanks! Try, try again.. LOL..

 

[DizBelle]

My guess is that the chair is too low. Your shoulders should be able to be relaxed while sitting and not "shrugged up" to raise your hands to the level of the keyboard.

 

[purpletiger]

Think 90 degree angles. Feet on floor, knees bent at right angle. Hands should be flat on desk top or on your wrist pad, with your elbows at right angles. Back should be straight either against the back of your chair or on lumbar support so that your hips and thighs form a ....right angle. Shoulders should be in a down position, not not rounded forward or back so that your neck and shoulders form right angles.


Can you tell I've recently been in a workshop about coumputer ergonomics.

Did you ever wonder why no one calls them left angles...I mean either direction they're still 90 degrees on a compass?

So does that mean that since I am lounging in my chair, leg propped up on the computer box, one arm on arm of chair the other kinda propped on belly and I'm slouching, this is the wrong way to sit? But this is comfortable, and my boss doesn't care. It is what works for me.

 

[C.Ann]

So does that mean that since I am lounging in my chair, leg propped up on the computer box, one arm on arm of chair the other kinda propped on belly and I'm slouching, this is the wrong way to sit? But this is comfortable, and my boss doesn't care. It is what works for me.

Ummm.. Honestly? That sounds more comfortable than this - but I have to be "chained" to my printer..