Among the ergonomic chairs there are some that makes you seating in a modified kneeling posture. This type of chair has no back rest. Your hips slide forward and your back, shoulder and neck stay in a perfect line. The posture is extremely beneficial from the point of view of stress on the lower spine.

You derive your primary support through the seat and additional support from the shins. Benefits of these ergonomic office chairs are that they distribute the weight pretty evenly between your pelvis and your knees. The spinal compression is reduced substantially. Consequentially the stress on the lower back and leg muscles are also reduced. The forward slanting seat gives a natural posture to your spinal cord and hence seating seems both comfortable as well as effortless.

Another type of ergonomic chair vastly used as office chairs is the saddle chair. It can be used either for desk work or for working before your computer. The pattern is like the saddle of a horse and your position is a combination of standing and seating akin to riding a horse.

In result your legs drop naturally and create very healthy and stable position. Working people who suffer from lower back problems often prefer this type of chair discarding their so called comfortable leather office chairs without any hesitation understanding their utility.