I'm looking at getting a new chair with armrests

Post #443,741 by drook 12/5/23 12:40:11 PM 12/5/23 12:40:11 PM Reply	I'm looking at getting a new chair with armrests It's the weight hanging from my shoulder for hours at a time that's causing issues. -- Drew
Post #443,742 by pwhysall 12/5/23 3:17:37 PM 12/5/23 3:17:37 PM Reply	Re: I'm looking at getting a new chair with armrests Now that’s interesting. I sometimes find that it’s resting my forearm on the armrest that causes discomfort. Perhaps it compresses tendons or something. To alleviate it, I raise the armrest so high I can’t rest on it (I have a Secret Labs Titan chair).
Post #443,744 by drook 12/5/23 4:40:53 PM 12/5/23 4:40:53 PM Reply	Do you sit back from the desk or right up against it? I have a very shallow desk, so my keyboard and mouse are right up near the edge. I sit fairly far back, knees just about under the edge. I use a mousepad with a gel wrist rest. I end up with my right arm nearly straight, and if I'm not paying attention to it, my shoulder drops down and the entire arm hangs from it. When I've had deeper desks, the mouse sits back a good foot from the edge and my forearm is mostly on the desk. -- Drew
Post #443,745 by pwhysall 12/5/23 4:46:12 PM 12/5/23 4:46:12 PM Reply	Re: Do you sit back from the desk or right up against it? I sit such that I don’t rest my wrists on the desk at all whilst typing, but if I did, I’d probably just about fit the heel of my hand on the desk. I blow hot and cold on the subject of wrist rests. I’ve seen people (back when I was doing DSE assessments at work) get both better and worse with them. I think some people’s wrist geometry works with them, and others not. Something else you might want to consider is a footrest. It’s counter-intuitive, but they do help.
Post #443,749 by drook 12/5/23 10:39:54 PM 12/5/23 10:39:54 PM Reply	Chair first I suspect I just need to sit higher, then get a footrest. -- Drew
Post #443,746 by CRConrad 12/5/23 4:54:13 PM 12/5/23 4:54:13 PM Reply	I remove them altogether, whenever I can. Seems to be getting less often you can do that these last few years, though. :-( But when I hit the jackpot, my work chair is gonna be one of these fuckers. -- Christian R. Conrad The Man Who Apparently Still Knows Fucking Everything Mail: Same username as at the top left of this post, at iki.fi
Post #443,747 by pwhysall 12/5/23 4:59:19 PM 12/5/23 4:59:19 PM Reply	Re: I remove them altogether, whenever I can. Certainly, that’s a chair for the kind of gentleman who takes sitting on their arse very seriously, and priced accordingly.
Post #443,751 by boxley 12/5/23 11:42:29 PM 12/5/23 11:42:29 PM Reply	try standing and leaning over the desk what I do "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman

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