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Why Gaming Chairs Are Good For The Back, Neck, And Posture

May 16, 2018 - Updated on July 7, 2023
Reading Time: 17 mins read
  • Written By Anil Ramsey
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Full-back gaming chairs and ergonomic office chairs work the same way. Both use adjustable lumbar + arms and a reclining backrest to support neutral postures. These reduce strain by aligning the spine into a healthy position. In both types of chairs, proper usage is necessary to ensure good results. But the full-back gaming chair style goes beyond the mid-back office style. Full-back support enables deep relaxation — and support for healthy neck postures. Learn why gaming chairs are good for the back — and neck.

Herman Miller Mirra 2 vs Secretlab Titan good posture back support demonstration side view
Healthy neutral postures in a Herman Miller Mirra 2 (mid-back) vs Secretlab Titan (full back).

Sitting full-time at a desk in a standard office chair overworks back muscles. When muscles tire, the lower back curve flattens.

That curls the spine into a C-shaped slouch. In the short term, sitting this way causes fatigue and lower back pain.

Body distortion caused by sloppy sitting habits
An estimated 80% of American adults suffer from chronic anterior pelvic tilt.

Over the long term, muscles adapt to the way you sit. That’s why the majority of American adults suffer from anterior pelvic tilt(1).

This type of spinal misalignment causes pain, lethargy, and hormonal imbalances. Gaming chairs offer a scientifically-proven solution. But proper usage matters. Tuck your hips, plant your feet, and support your lower back for the best results.

Bottom line: with proper usage, full-back, racing-style gaming chairs provide a comfortable solution to extended sitting health problems.

Healthy Sitting Quickstart: For Gaming AND Ergonomic Office Chairs

How Do Gaming Chairs Help?

Gaming chairs use the exact same back support principles as ergonomic office chairs. Both are designed to align the spine in support of dynamic neutral postures.

Neutral sitting mechanics
Perfect neutral postures (in any ergonomic seating) include a 25-45° lower back curve and a 0° neck tilt.

A human spine has cervical, thoracic, and lumbar sections. A textbook neutral posture in either type includes a 0° cervical tilt and a 25-45° lumbar curve.

Neutral posture side sitting view in 4 premium ergonomic chairs
Healthy neutral postures L-R: Steelcase Gesture; Herman Miller Aeron; Secretlab Titan; DXRacer Craft.

These numbers align the spine as if it were in a healthy standing position. That best reduces pressure on the nerves, tendons, muscles, and spine while sitting.

To support neutral postures, a chair needs three adjustable features: (2)

  1. Lumbar support: helps to preserve a healthy (25-45°) lower back curve.
  2. Reclined backrest: a 100-130° recline (with lumbar support) reduces spinal disc pressure.
  3. Adjustable arms: support the shoulders; provide extra bracing for the spine.

These help to align the spine and surrounding muscles into optimal positions. But if you start using a gaming chair with poor posture, you’ll need time to adjust.

Adapting to a gaming chair
Most users will need around 5 days to adjust to healthy gaming chair posture habits.

On day one, sitting straight will start to lengthen and strengthen your muscles. This may feel uncomfortable. But by day five, your spine, muscles, and fascia system will adapt. By day 10, neutral postures should run on auto-pilot as a regular habit.

Then, massive benefits emerge. Here’s the trajectory:

  1. Standard office chairs: lack the support the body needs to sit for long periods.
  2. Gaming chairs: have adjustable components that support neutral postures.
  3. Physical posture benefits: efficient muscle usage leaves more energy for other needs.
  4. Mental posture benefits: more energy boosts motivation and brainpower.
  5. Ultimate gaming chair benefit: when comfortable and rested, productivity skyrockets.

Office Chairs Are Bad For Your Back

Standard office chairs have one ergonomic feature: you can adjust the seat height. Otherwise, standard office chairs come with fixed armrests, a fixed backrest, and no adjustable lumbar.

Generic office chairs have limited features
Basic office chairs only let you adjust the seat height, rock the chair, or lock it.

Without the necessary ergonomic features, users develop bad posture habits in these chairs. Over time, these cause many health and mobility issues.

How Basic Office Chairs Harm The Body

When standing with good posture, a healthy lower back curves inward at a 25-45° angle. Sitting straight without support flattens the curve by half(3). A flatter lumbar curve forces back muscles to work harder at holding up the spine.

Biomechanics of unhealthy sitting positions
Sitting without ergonomic support causes misalignments that wear down spinal discs.

When muscles tire, the back curls into a c-shaped slouch. That flattens the lumbar curve to less than 10°, placing severe stress on lower spinal discs. Over time, pressure builds up in tendons, muscles, and skeletal systems. Then, musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) arise.

Office worker with bad sitting habits
Sitting in slumped positions for long periods will cripple health, motivation, and productivity.

These days, the WHO estimates that around 22% of global adults (1.7 billion people) suffer from MSDs(4). The WHO also counts lower back pain as the leading cause of disability in 160 countries. Other common MSDs linked to sloppy sitting:

  • Chronic fatigue: a misaligned spine overworks muscles, leaving users perpetually exhausted.
  • Migraines: forward head posture strains neck muscles until pain explodes in the skull.
  • Wrist pain: 4 million Americans suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome.
  • Neck pain: the fourth-leading cause of disability in America.
  • Shoulder pain: causes around 4.5 million USA doctor visits per year and $3 billion in health costs.
  • Poor circulation: poor posture clogs blood flow. This causes varicose veins, especially in women.

If you suffer any of the listed symptoms, your basic office chair might be the problem. Learn more:

Why basic office chairs are bad for the back

Gaming Chairs Support Neutral Postures

Like all ergonomic chairs, gaming chairs are designed to support dynamic neutral postures. This is the ergonomic gold standard for reducing spinal stress while sitting. Here’s a recent Secretlab infographic(5) that explains the method:

Secretlab neutral sitting position guide
Secretlab released this Neutral Guide on its social channels in Feb. 2022.

If you start with poor posture, sitting in clean neutral postures might be difficult — at first. For instance, after over a decade of slouching in office chairs, my 2017 transition to a gaming chair was turbulent.

Adjusting to neutral postures
It took me a week of practice before I could sit with firmly planted feet.

Because my leg muscles were so tight, I had trouble planting my feet on the floor. It took around a week of struggle before my muscles lengthened out.

Muscular Adaptation Posture Therapy

The body adjusts to its most frequently used positions. By forcing yourself to sit in neutral positions, your muscles will adapt to new patterns. Once that happens, the body’s fascia system will adapt(6).

Using these principles, it’s possible to improve your posture by sitting in a gaming chair! With a few days of striving towards neutral postures, your entire body will even out into good postural alignment.

Adapting to an Aeron chair
If you start with poor posture, it should take 2-5 days to adjust to a neutral sitting style.

Once the fascia system adapts, neutral positions become your most comfortable. Then, healthy sitting becomes an effortless, ingrained habit. As a bonus, posture benefits gained from healthy sitting will also improve your standing posture!

Gaming chair posture therapy
My gaming chair-powered transformation over 1.5 years.

For example, here’s my trajectory over 1.5 years of using a gaming chair. First, I adapted to sitting in neutral postures. That gave me a surge of extra energy, which I put into working out.

Eighteen months later, I was in the best shape of my life — and more productive at work than ever before!

Use Muscle Memory To Form Healthy Ergonomic Habits

Good Posture Health Benefits

The physical benefits gained from using a gaming chair are mainly corrective. Good posture reverses the muscle strain, back pain, and lethargy caused by slouching.

Gamings chairs support healthy sitting
Sitting straight in a gaming chair will rest your back while keeping it aligned.

An aligned spine and relaxed muscles let your body operate with efficiency. This is your body’s normal state. If used to life with poor posture, the benefits of good posture might feel life-changing!

  • Fewer headaches: good posture reduces the neck tension that causes migraines.
  • Reduced joint stress: awkward sitting misaligns the hips. That puts stress on the joints.
  • More oxygen: good sitting posture opens the chest cavity and increases oxygen intake.
  • More energy and focus: an aligned body works muscles efficiently. That leaves more energy for brainwork.
  • Improved digestion: efficient bodily operation speeds metabolism and waste passage.

Gaming Chair Benefits For Men, Women & Kids

Good Posture Energizes The Brain

The more out of balance your spine is, the harder your muscles must work to compensate(7). That takes a toll on the brain. In contrast, good posture balances the muscles around the spinal column.

Gaming chair benefits for kids

A balanced, aligned body operates with better efficiency. That leaves more energy on the table for cognitive functioning(8). Dr. Roger Sperry (1980 Nobel Prize recipient for brain research) has a famous quote on this topic:

Better than 90 percent of the energy output of the brain is used in relating the physical body in its gravitational field. The more mechanically distorted a person is, the less energy available for thinking, metabolism, and healing.

In simpler terms, ninety percent of all brain energy output goes to supporting an upright posture. The remaining 10% powers thinking, metabolism and healing. With the help of a gaming chair, it’s possible to ‘hack’ this ratio.

Healthy gaming chair posture
An aligned spine will give your brain more power to play with.

Using one will remove a huge amount of pressure off of the back, neck, and upper body. With more energy to play with, you’ll feel a lot more focused.

Energized Brain Supercharges Productivity

Slouching overworks muscles, burning energy that could instead power the brain. This is counterproductive to “working” at a computer.

In fact, many studies show that poor posture amplifies apathy; sitting straight makes people more alert. There’s a scientific explanation.

Good posture improve brain functioning
Good posture helps the brain to operate at peak efficiency.

The human brain has billions of neurons and trillions of synaptic connections. These fuel processing, memory, and information transmission. Sitting with slumped shoulders compresses the rib cage. That reduces oxygen intake by up to 30%.

Less oxygen slows computational speed in the prefrontal cortex(9). That is the “thinking” part of the mind. As the slouching body compresses, so does the mind.

That’s why people who slouch often suffer from brain fog and an inability to concentrate. In sharp contrast, neutral sitting makes people more alert, with a higher level of brain activity.

Gaming Chair Back Support Features

All types of ergonomic chairs support neutral postures with three core features. Like ergonomic office chairs, a gaming chair’s armrests, lumbar support, and backrest recline provide the magic.

Standard ergonomic features on a gaming chair
Standard gaming chair features: adjustable lumbar pillow, adjustable arms, reclining backrest.

Combined, these components make it easy for users to adopt dynamic neutral postures. However, slight misconfiguration can throw things off.

This video explains how everything should work to effectively support the back:

Here’s a closer look at the gaming chair features that support good posture while you sit:

Adjustable Lumbar Support = Straight Back

In all types of gaming chairs, an adjustable lumbar is the key to sitting up straight. When standing, a healthy lumbar curve is between 20-45 degrees(3). When sitting, applying pressure to the lower back helps to maintain a healthy standing curve.

Gaming chair lumbar support
Lumbar support applied to the right spot preserves a healthy lower back curve while sitting.

Many first-time gaming chair users struggle with this part. Setting the support too high or low will curl your hips forward and promote slouching.

How to adjust gaming chair lumbar support
Setting a lumbar pillow too high or too low will encourage slouching instead of good posture.

As a rule, always set your lumbar pillow a few inches higher than the seat. The average adult spine is around 30″ long for men and 24″ for women. The typical man should position his lumbar support around 7.5″ above the seat; a woman should aim for 5.5″ higher.

Lumbar support types in different chairs
Try to position your lumbar support a few inches higher than the seat.

As technical guidance, this famous study(10) found that a 110° recline with lumbar support 4″ deep is ideal. Learn more in this lumbar support special:

Guide to Lumbar Support Biomechanics

Adjustable Headrest = Straight Neck

Paired with a 25-45° lower back curve, a 0° neck tilt is a textbook-perfect neutral posture. To achieve a 0° neck tilt, set the backrest to a 100° angle and sit as straight as you can.

Gaming chair with and without a headrest
Left: weak, degradable posture. Right: super-comfy, excellent posture, 0° head tilt.

The image on the left is an advanced gaming chair posture. To achieve it, you’ll need to have already decent posture habits and strong back muscles. Luckily, since most new gaming chair users have neither, there’s a workaround.

A full-back gaming chair’s deep recline gives your body everything it needs to slowly adapt. the time it needs to adapt. For instance, if sitting straight with a sharp 100° recline feels too intense, deepen the recline to around 110-120°.

Deep recline neutral postures
Deeper reclines use gravity to help align your spine against the backrest.

Then, gravity will help to keep your spine straight as you lean back in the chair. After a few days of sitting this way. your back muscles should get stronger. Eventually, you should be ready to try for a clean 0° neck tilt.

As proof of concept, it took me five days of practice to achieve this posture. Then, muscle memory kicked in. Now, I sit with a 0° neck as a habit. As a result, I enjoy insane comfort in my chair, plus a taller, cleaner standing posture out of my chair.

Neutral 0° head tilt in a gaming chair.
My Secretlab Titan chair supports 0° neck postures through all ranges of motion.

During my transition, three world-leading esports therapists shared insights on the transition. In brief, you’ll need strong back muscles and discipline. Your reward: near-perfect sitting — and standing — posture. Learn more:

How To Use A Gaming Chair Headrest For Perfect Neck Posture

Adjustable Armrests = Spinal Relief

Peter Opsvik is a well-known Norwegian industrial designer. In his book Rethinking Sitting, he notes that when seated, “… our arms require both freedom to move and lots of opportunities for support.”

Gaming chair armrests are good for your back
Adjustable armrests can brace your arms and wrists for long, healthy gaming sessions.

Moveable chair armrests adjust to your workstation to ease the load on the back. A 170-pound man’s spinal column carries arms weighing around ten pounds each. Without effective arm bracing, the neck, shoulder, and back muscles do the work.

Lack of armrests cause posture problems
Without arm support, the spine must carry around 20 pounds of extra weight. When it tires, slouching starts.

As the muscles tire, the weight of the arms forces the head to tilt forward. In a neutral position, an adult head places a 10-12 pound load on the spine(11).

Harmful spinal effects of slouching
A 15-degree forward head tilt places a 27-pound strain on the back, neck, and shoulders.

As the head tilts forward by 15 degrees, the spinal load increases to 27 pounds. At a 30-degree forward tilt, the load increases to 40 pounds.

How do gaming chair armrests help?

Many cheap gaming chairs have ‘1D’ armrests. That means they adjust in one way: vertically (up or down). Basic 1D armrests are usually enough to align with a work surface.

Gaming chair 4D armrests

Then, instead of your spine supporting arm weight, the chair does the work. As well, aligning armrests to a work surface reduces wrist strain and the threat of carpal tunnel syndrome. When the wrist gets overworked, pressure hits the median nerve. That causes chronic pain and swelling.

How are gaming chair armrests good for the back?

Arm support reduces strain on the shoulders and wrists while users sit in neutral postures. That enables long bouts of sitting without harmful side effects.

Reclining Backrest = Seated Movement

Gaming chairs come stacked with features that support good posture. Even so, that doesn’t change the fact that the human body isn’t designed to sit in a chair.

Static vs dynamic sitting
Small position changes help the body to stay fresh over long periods of sitting.

Thus, most ergonomic scientists suggest neutral postures combined with regular position changes. Active sitting is also known as ‘dynamic sitting’.

The point is to engage back, leg, and abdominal muscles while seated. Small position changes keep relevant muscle groups active. A gaming chair’s reclining backrest makes this easy.

Gaming seat recline ranges
A recline range between 100-130 degrees is best for the back over long bouts of desk work.

For upright desk work, setting a recline between 100-120 degrees works well. To add movement, simply toggle your recline every so often by a few degrees.

Note that the best feature to ensure seated movement is your own two legs. Walking around every 20 minutes or so will activate muscles, boost blood flow and rest your brain much better than a reclining backrest!

Mental And Physical Benefits of Microbreaks

Seat Styles: Flat Vs Bladed

Some gaming chairs have flat seats while others have bladed ones. The latter type serves an ergonomic purpose: ridged edges dissuade users from putting their feet up. Since neutral postures rely on having planted feet, this helps to promote good posture.

Titan seat styles
A flat seat style is more comfortable — but not as good at preserving good posture.

On the flip side, gaming chairs with flat seats give you more freedom. You can sit with planted feet, put one up, or even sit cross-legged. Having the freedom to sit as you like is insanely comfortable.

Secretlab Titan sitting styles
The Secretlab Titan encourages neutral sitting but doesn’t enforce it.

The problem goes back to muscular adaptation. If you sit too often in certain positions, muscles and fascia will adapt. Over time, that can break down good posture habits and ruin your spine!

Titan chair good vs bad posture styles
You’ll need to stay disciplined to maintain good posture in a Titan gaming chair.

The bottom line is that there’s no perfect sitting style for both comfort and health. Locking yourself in perfect posture all the time can feel stifling. On the flipside, sitting too often in casual positions can ruin good posture habits.

The best option seems to be somewhere in between the two extremes:

Strict Vs Relaxed Neutral Postures: Neither Is Perfect

Gaming Chair Back Support Realities

A gaming chair is not a magic solution to cure back pain. Rather, it’s a tool that — with proper usage — can help to improve your health, happiness, and productivity.

Gaming Chair + Fitness Yields Best Results

These days, most leading esports teams invest heavily to ensure optimal player performance. To that end, most of the world’s top esports teams use racing-style gaming chairs.

Muscular esports gamers
Proper rest, nutrition, and exercise helps pro esports players perform better.

But they also employ nutritionists, mental coaches, and physical therapists. That’s because everyone knows that healthy, rested players perform better.

How to get rid of technostress forever!
Exercise + good nutrition + sound sleep = silver bullet to perform at peak levels.

ChairsFX spoke to some esports doctors about the health benefits of gaming chairs. Dr. Jordan Tsai works with Cloud9, TSM, Evil Geniuses, 100 Thieves, and other top teams. He’s also on Secretlab’s Ergonomics Advisory Board.

Esports therapist Dr. Jordan Tsai
Dr. Tsai @ LCS 2022 in LA with Evil Geniuses; posing with EG’s LCS championship trophy.

In his opinion, a good chair is the least important factor for healthy deskwork. Instead, “A regular range of motion exercises, strengthening, and stretching are all critical.”

Dr. William Duncan works with both esports pros and traditional athletes. He concurs. “Postural issues typically arise from poor strength and endurance in the postural muscles — not the type of chair.

If you work on strength & endurance and use a good chair, this will most likely resolve the source of your symptoms and allow you to play longer.”

2022 Priorities: Fitness + Posture Beats Technostress

Improper Use Can Ruin Your Experience

Sitting with planted feet, a supported lumbar curve, and a mild recline is the best way to sit in a gaming chair. After a few adjustment days, sitting this way should feel insanely comfortable. If it doesn’t, one of three aspects may be off:

  • Wrong chair size: if your chair is too small or large for your body, neutral postures will distort.
  • Improper usage: sitting with a spine like a banana peel negates ergonomic benefits.
  • Sloppy lifestyle: poor nutrition or sleep will leave you ill-prepared to try sitting straight.

Troubleshooting: Why Does My Gaming Chair Hurt My Back?

Conclusion

Gaming chairs are good for your back the way all ergonomic chairs are. Regardless of the model, adjustable lumbar + arms and a reclining backrest provide the support.

Neutral sitting postures in premium ergonomic chairs
Neutral postures in elite chairs L-R: Aeron, Mirra 2, Steelcase Gesture, Secretlab Titan.

These concepts aren’t groundbreaking. They first hit the mainstream in 1994 (29 years ago) with the Herman Miller Aeron release. Since then, many mid-back (office style) and full-back (gaming chair) variants have emerged.

However, in recent years, institutional design priorities have shifted. Instead of a focus on cubicle-era back support, new multi-device demands (support for the back and neck) have emerged.

Evolution of Herman Miller desk chairs
L-R: Herman Miller Aeron, Embody, and Vantum ergonomic chairs.

Meanwhile, esports performance optimization standards have de-emphasized the importance of a chair. In fact, any model with the requisite adjustable features can do the job.

Taking breaks between work sessions
Add frequent movement breaks to recharge both your body and mind.

Beyond the chair, frequent breaks, regular exercise, and healthy lifestyles keep things in balance. As a result, Herman Miller executives have wholly endorsed the full-back gaming chair style.

New herman Miller seating concept: Aeron vs Vantum chair
In 2023, many suggest that you don’t need to maintain perfect postures to enjoy healthy sitting.

Herman Miller’s Gaming General Manager justifies the shift as generational. Millennials (and younger) don’t compute cubicle-style as their elders did.

Gamers require versatility. A strong active posture is critical for gameplay, but having an equally supported, reclined position for moments of relaxation is key.”​Jon Cambell

Why Gaming Chairs Are Good For Your Back

Herman Miller’s Aeron chair debuted the neutral sitting support concept in 1994. At the time, many marveled over its revolutionary support concept.

Evolution of ergonomic seating from 1994 to 2023
Since the 90s, most ergonomic chairs have been stylistic riffs of the same neutral posture concepts.

But in 2023 (29 years later), good back support is only a small part of the equation. For peak performance at a computer, sitting in semi-neutral postures should remain a priority.

Modern assessment factors for new ergonomic chair buyers
Modern seating potency factors: neutral + mobile posture support; psychological appeal; user health factors.

Many top esports therapists now insist that striving to sit in perfect neutral postures isn’t necessary. Instead, iron out sitting kinks with tactics done away from the computer:

  • Frequent breaks: standing up to stretch boosts circulation and keeps muscles active.
  • Regular exercise: resistance training in the gym 4 x per week.
  • Healthy lifestyle: clean eating + sound sleep

These tactics are a perfect match for the versatile support that gaming chairs provide. With frequent breaks and healthy habits, users can enjoy deep relaxation without guilt — or musculoskeletal harm.

Why are gaming chairs good for your back?
Use a gaming chair full-time to feel more supple, lithe, and energetic.

Bottom line: from a 2023 perspective, gaming chairs are good for your back and neck. For best results, plant your feet, tuck your hips deep into the seat, and ensure good support for your lumbar spine.

Titan and Aeron chair demo: sitting with tucked vs curled forward hips
Tucked vs curled hips in Herman Miller Aeron and Titan 2022 Evo chairs.

However, for best results, add healthy habits beyond the chair for best results. Learn more with this summary of post cubicle-era seating trends:

2023 Ergo Trends: Multi-Device Neutral-ish Posture + Fitness

Footnotes

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  2. D D Harrison, et al. ‘Sitting biomechanics part I: review of the literature’, J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 1999 Nov-Dec;22(9):594-609. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10626703/, (accessed 8 March 2022).
  3. Kaja Kastelic, et al. ‘Sitting and low back disorders: an overview of the most commonly suggested harmful mechanisms’. Collegium Antropologicum 42(1):73-79, March 2018. Read abstract (accessed 12 March 2022).
  4. ‘Musculoskeletal conditions’. WHO Fact Sheets, 8 February 2021. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/musculoskeletal-conditions (accessed 12 March 2022).
  5. Secretlab. February 21, 2022. Facebook. Retrieved March 12, 2022, from https://www.facebook.com/Secretlab/photos/3180512355565376
  6. Erin M. Friend, PT, DPT, CEAS, ‘Poor Posture And Its Effects On The Body’. National Spine Health Foundation, April 8, 2015. https://spinehealth.org/poor-posture-and-its-effects-on-the-body/, (accessed 8 March 2022).
  7. ‘Why am I tired all the time?’. Sleep and tiredness. https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/sleep-and-tiredness/why-am-i-tired-all-the-time/, (accessed 8 March 2022).
  8. Erik Peper, ‘Increase or Decrease Depression: How Body Postures Influence Your Energy Level’. Biofeedback 40(3):125-130, September 2012. DOI: 10.5298/1081-5937-40.3.01, (accessed 8 March 2022).
  9. Calodagh McCumskey. ‘The benefits of achieving good posture’. Wellbeing & Meditation, July 14 2018. https://www.independent.ie/regionals/braypeople/lifestyle/the-benefits-of-achieving-good-posture-37103775.html, (accessed 8 March 2022).
  10. Jennifer Pynt, et al. ‘Seeking the Optimal Posture of the Seated Lumbar Spine’. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice 17:5, January 2001. DOI: 10.1080/09593980151143228, (accessed 8 March 2022).
  11. Laura Sullivan. ‘Keep Your Head Up: ‘Text Neck’ Takes A Toll On The Spine’. The Two-Way, November 20, 2014. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/11/20/365473750/keep-your-head-up-text-neck-can-take-a-toll-on-the-spine, (accessed 8 March 2022).

Anil Ramsey

Anil Ramsey

Hi, I'm the ChairsFX founder and producer. I bought my first gaming chair in 2017 but struggled to find info online about how to use it. Once I figured it out, the benefits changed my life. I started ChairsFX in early 2018 to help other users enjoy the same wellness benefits. Learn more about me and this website on the About Us page.

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Table of Contents

  1. How Do Gaming Chairs Help?
    1. Office Chairs Are Bad For Your Back
    2. Gaming Chairs Support Neutral Postures
    3. Good Posture Energizes The Brain
    4. Energized Brain Supercharges Productivity
  2. Gaming Chair Back Support Features
    1. Adjustable Lumbar Support = Straight Back
    2. Adjustable Headrest = Straight Neck
    3. Adjustable Armrests = Spinal Relief
    4. Reclining Backrest = Seated Movement
    5. Seat Styles: Flat Vs Bladed
  3. Gaming Chair Back Support Realities
    1. Gaming Chair + Fitness Yields Best Results
    2. Improper Use Can Ruin Your Experience
  4. Conclusion

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