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How to Adjust Your Office chair?
Regardless of whether it cost $200, $500, or $1,000 if an office chair isn’t sitting upright, it’s not doing you any good. Taking the time to adjust it for your body and the type of work you do is a necessity. A good computer desk chair lets you customize the height, seat depth, armrests, and recline to your body so you’re comfortable no matter your task. But it isn’t always obvious how to dial in those options for comfort and ergonomics.
Your first step should be pulling out the instruction manual for your mesh desk chair or looking for an adjustment diagram online. Once you have that, here’s how to dial in all the adjustments for the best ergonomics.
Adjust the height
Sit down and adjust the height of the gaming office chair so your feet are flat on the ground and your legs form a 90-degree angle. Your knees should align with or rest slightly lower than your hips. Over time, if you feel pressure near your butt, raise the reclining gaming chair a little. If you feel pressure at the front of your leg, lower the high back desk chair.
Adjust the armrests
Adjust the height of the armrests so they’re at elbow height with your shoulders relaxed, and your arms are at a 90-degree angle. If the armrests are too high, they force you to shrug; too low, and you slouch. If the arms slide in or out, as on the Yamasoro Gesture pictured above, move them so they support whatever work you’re doing. For example, slide them in when you’re typing out a long email on a keyboard, then slide one out when you’re working more with the mouse. It’s good to get in the habit of adjusting your armrests as you change tasks.
Adjust the recline and tilt tension