There are a number of reasons you should consider a high-backed office chair, preferably with padding and an ergonomic shape.
These will prove a valuable asset for your comfort and your health in the long term.
Why Does This Matter? The human body isn't really designed for office work.
As a species, we evolved to be able to complete a wide variety of tasks but until fairly recently sitting in a single chair for seven or eight hours for most of the week wasn't really a priority.
However, office work is vital for the modern world to work and for just about every business to keep going.
Unfortunately, the human body doesn't like sitting around in this way unless it's really comfortable and got plenty of back support.
Improper support for your back leads to discomfort, aches, and over time even health problems with your spine.
Obviously this is something to avoid, and the best way to avoid it is to provide an office chair that provides the greatest amount of comfort and support for your back.
Why High-Backed Chairs? High-backed chairs provide comprehensive support for the whole of your back, as opposed to low- or even mid-backed chairs which provide only partial support.
This means your back, and the whole of your back, is relieved of strain and kept in a comfortable and healthy position.
When you lean back, your weight is spread across the whole area of your back instead of pressing only on the lower back as with chairs that don't have such high backs.
On top of this, high-backed office chairs tend to be ergonomically shaped.
This means that they don't just provide support for your back, but provide the right amount of support for each part of your spine.
They keep your entire back in the position that is best for your health and for preventing pain from developing, as opposed to simply straight and flat.
In the long-term, this does a lot to improve your health.
Head Support Many high-backed chairs are also high enough to support your head, or else have an added, dedicated head support mounted above the back.
This provides your head, and therefore your neck, with the same kind of support that your back gets.
It's an optional extra compared to the more important matter of back support, but it can still be useful.
While it is your head which is directly supported, it is your neck that really benefits.
Your neck is more similar to your back than you realise.
In both cases, it is your spine that is the real concern from a health point of view, and therefore they benefit in pretty much the same way from proper support.
These will prove a valuable asset for your comfort and your health in the long term.
Why Does This Matter? The human body isn't really designed for office work.
As a species, we evolved to be able to complete a wide variety of tasks but until fairly recently sitting in a single chair for seven or eight hours for most of the week wasn't really a priority.
However, office work is vital for the modern world to work and for just about every business to keep going.
Unfortunately, the human body doesn't like sitting around in this way unless it's really comfortable and got plenty of back support.
Improper support for your back leads to discomfort, aches, and over time even health problems with your spine.
Obviously this is something to avoid, and the best way to avoid it is to provide an office chair that provides the greatest amount of comfort and support for your back.
Why High-Backed Chairs? High-backed chairs provide comprehensive support for the whole of your back, as opposed to low- or even mid-backed chairs which provide only partial support.
This means your back, and the whole of your back, is relieved of strain and kept in a comfortable and healthy position.
When you lean back, your weight is spread across the whole area of your back instead of pressing only on the lower back as with chairs that don't have such high backs.
On top of this, high-backed office chairs tend to be ergonomically shaped.
This means that they don't just provide support for your back, but provide the right amount of support for each part of your spine.
They keep your entire back in the position that is best for your health and for preventing pain from developing, as opposed to simply straight and flat.
In the long-term, this does a lot to improve your health.
Head Support Many high-backed chairs are also high enough to support your head, or else have an added, dedicated head support mounted above the back.
This provides your head, and therefore your neck, with the same kind of support that your back gets.
It's an optional extra compared to the more important matter of back support, but it can still be useful.
While it is your head which is directly supported, it is your neck that really benefits.
Your neck is more similar to your back than you realise.
In both cases, it is your spine that is the real concern from a health point of view, and therefore they benefit in pretty much the same way from proper support.