The 10 best ergonomic office chairs for working from home in comfort

The 10 best ergonomic office chairs for working from home in comfort

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The 10 best ergonomic office chairs for working from home in comfort
Author: Abigail Buchanan, Kulwinder Rai
Published: Jan, 22 2025 11:18

Working from home? Here are the most ergonomic office chairs, designed to prevent back pain and improve your posture, recommended by experts. Copy link. twitter. facebook. whatsapp. Now that more of us work from home, finding the best office chair for back pain is arguably the most important aspect of your office set up. (Although, if you’re looking for other home office essentials like a laptop, keyboard or WiFi extender, we have buyer’s guides to those, too).

But what makes an office chair ergonomic? “One that suits you,” says Lee Jones, ergonomic consultant at specialist retailer Wellworking. “In an ideal world we would all have a chair specifically made for us, but as that’s not realistic we need chairs that can be adjusted to suit our individual needs, especially as we tend to sit for prolonged periods at home or in the office.”.

In practice, that means it offers back support or lumbar support and is easily adjustable. At a minimum, ergonomic office chairs – sometimes called ‘posture chairs’ or ‘orthopaedic chairs’ – should allow for seat height adjustment, pan depth adjustment, back support adjustment (tilt, tension, height, etc), and movement (letting you turn while seated, without straining).

Like office workers, many gamers look for a special gaming chair to keep them supported during long periods in front of the PC. These tend to be softer than office chairs and are designed for a more laid back posture, with support for the head as well as the lower back.

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