TechNO Expo

John Moon
Business interiors account manager, Bertelson Total Office Solutions, Minneapolis

One of the key adjustments for the Aspen Executive Back Multi-Tilter chair is the lumbar support. It projects into your lower back and adjusts up and down to support your spine and eliminate that hunched-over, rounded posture that is bad for everything. If you sit taller, with your lower back forward and your shoulders back, you open your chest and it’s easier to breathe. Good chairs promote ergonomic alignment by being adjustable.

The Aspen has a high back—which moves up and down so users can position the lumbar support in the right place—and a headrest, which moves up and down, too. The user can fine-tune all aspects of the chair, from tension adjustment so you can rock comfortably in your seat, to the back angle to promote the best posture. Besides adjusting up and down, the arm rests move in and out to accommodate different size people.

When you sit, your knees should be even with or slightly lower than your hips. Often times, to get a shorter person up higher, into a good angle with their keyboard, I recommend that they raise the chair higher and get that good hip/knee angle with the feet flat on a foot rest.