Kneeling Chair Reviews & Buying Guide

Traditional office or desk chairs on the other hand, force your bottom (or buttocks) to bare the majority of your body's weight while you are sitting. Unfortunately, this oftentimes wrecks havoc on your spine and lower back area -- especially in cases where you are sitting for prolonged periods of time.

Fortunately, kneeling chairs are designed to take advantage of the relationship between your thighs and your spine. By forcing your body to sit in a position where your legs are semi-abducted (or opened), also referred to as the perched position, your spine in turn creates a more balanced side to side and front to back position.

The human body was never designed to sit for a prolonged period of time, thereore, ergonomic kneel chairs are a great solution because they allow your body to be in constant motion -- even if you are just "sitting" down.

Although called a "kneeling chair," you are in essence still sitting. The true difference between a knee chair and other standard desk chairs is that with a knee chair, you are left without a back for your chair (in some cases), but do have cushions in place to provide support for your shins. Additionally, your shins, which are located between your knee and ankle, are now bearing are now sharing the task of distributing your body weight with the help of your buttocks that is firmly planted on the seat of your kneel chair.

According to Best Kneeling Chairs.com, the premiere review website for ergonomic kneeling chairs, the best kneeling chairs to hit the market are ones that combines the basic functionality of a kneeling chair, but also adds in a little extra "umph" for users.

Topping the list of the best kneeling chairs is the Perfect Fit Plus Kneeling Chair (shown to your right), by makers HBKneeler. This kneel chair proudly boasts the ability to help alleviate as much as 50% of your lower back pain caused from sitting in conventional desk chairs.

Now, with a built-in gas height adjustment feature, you can manually manipulate your kneel chair to conform to your body's needs. This feature is essential if you find yourself needing a kneel chair to supplement your office chair. With it's gas height adjustment feature, you can prevent any additional strain on your body that may be caused by leaning in uncomfortable positions to see or reach items because your kneeling chair is at the adequate measurements for your height.

A kneeling chair not be overlooked is the Ergonomic Kneeling Posture Office Chair, which mirrors a conventional office chair in theory, but has all of the ergonomic features of a kneeling chair in design.

This kneeling posture chair comes standard with pneumatic seat height adjustment functionality that allows you to properly adjust your kneeling chair to ensure an optimum balance between your thicks, buttocks, and lower back. Furthermore, pneumatic functionality has been proven to help increase blood flow as well as eliminate points of pressure that most certainly originate behind your knees when sitting in a standard office chair for prolonged periods of time.

Additionally, this chair also boasts a "tilt-tension" adjustment feature that is perfect for tall kneeling chair users who may struggle with smaller, lower kneeling chairs.

As with any chair that you use, it is important to understand that kneeling chairs should not be sat in for prolonged periods of time throughout your work day. While your ability to shift positions in a knee chair is more forgiving on your spine, it is recommended that you rotate between both a conventional desk chair and kneeling chair to ensure that your back does not become stiff.

If you are still undecided, be sure to check out our guide on how kneeling chairs work for a more comprehensive analysis of what to look for before you buy a kneeling chair as well as reviews of the best kneeling ergonomic chairs on the market.