Re: swivel chairs

[Guest guest]

> What is the experience of others as regards swivel chairs? (Mine

> doesn't have arm rests.)

I used my swivel computer chair from two weeks post-op (I was in

England until then, so didn't have an opportunity to test one there).

But I did find that using my rear end and feet to push the chair from

one side of the office to the other (to scoot back and forth between

my computer and my desk two metres opposite it [to answer the phone on

the desk, for example], as I do quite often) was not a good idea

during the first six weeks or so. It was better to push off from the

desk with my hands while lifting my feet off the ground, and then

lower my good foot to brake the rolling chair. As you can tell, I was

too lazy to get the crutch, get up and walk across the room while

dragging the chair with me, etc...

I also set the chair very high so I could stretch out the operated

leg. And my chair doesn't have any arm rests either. I found that

sitting at the computer for more than about 45 minutes at a stretch

was quite uncomfortable at first, but now at 8.5 weeks, I can be on it

for over two hours without noticing any irritations at all. Now I have

to remind myself to get up and change position more often, so that

other muscles such as the piriformus don't get into trouble.

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rBHR Oct.17/03 McMinn