“Setting UP A Gaming Chair Right, Is More Important Than You Think”

A gaming chair is an ergonomic tool designed to provide comfort and stability during play. These chairs are scientifically made by applying the data collected from the gamers. Due to long hours of sitting, you are likely to be faced with back and neck pains. Well, these pains are not random.

Why a gaming chair?

As a gamer, you need ultimate focus. A gaming chair helps with this by sparing the energy you might have otherwise used to support your muscles and body to be used for this purpose.

Furthermore, the seat technology used in designing gaming seats is borrowed from the racing car seats. These seats are bucket-shaped such that they enable the racer to fully concentrate on the track allowing easy access to the controls. They also come with a neck rest and back support which is designed to hold the body in position to avoid fatigue.

Gaming chairs are made in the same way with an equally similar principle. The objective is to maintain the right posture, maintain the energy of the player for focus enhancement and be able to access the computer controls without a struggle.

You might have seen some people with weird postures which they think are just cool. This is a result of behavioral changes where your brain starts to keep the memory of how your body should be, and without noticing, you are walking, sitting or lying in those formed postures. This behavior by the body is known as slouching. Ideal body shape should mirror the spine, which is erect and has an‘s’ shape. The curve enables the spine to maintain the balance of the head without straining. Therefore, you will only receive back pains whenever your spine is not actively in its neutral position.

 Usually, whenever the posture of your body is not correct, the muscles come in handy to correct this, and as a result, you may feel pain. This is reinforcement so that you can affect a corrective order. However, when this is done for a long, the muscles get tired and join in. That’s when slouching starts. Gaming chairs offer a corrective measure by providing technologically build seat design that will not only reduce the frequent back pains to something that hugs your body nicely and supports your back. Also, it gives your arms ample space and time to access the gaming tools.

Setting up the chair

Usually, the chair is delivered in parts. It is up to you to mount it or hire someone to do so. Once you go through the chair set, it will help if you went ahead to practice good sitting behavior. By doing so, you are making your body framework to be comfortable and able to support you through the game. Below is a guideline on how you can set up your gaming chair.

Ensure you get the correct height

You can measure the ideal height of the chair by sitting ion it. Your knees should be aligned to your hips. With knees too high above the hips and too low puts a lot of strain on the spine. Therefore, use the height adjusting setting on the chair to ensure you got the correct height.

Wrong sitting positions cause more than just mild back pains. A varicose vein is a blood circulatory defect that is characterized more by the act of sitting while dangling your legs of folding together. The correct foot posture is when they rest planted on the floor. This boosts the circulation of blood as well as releasing stress and shock to the ground.

Configure the armrests

The hands comprise at least 10% of the total body weight. If you are weighing say 700N, then you have 7N for the arms alone. The armrests are for this purpose. If absent, the spine is left with more task of having to support this weight. To enhance comfort and multidirectional movement, armrests are made ranging from unidirectional movement to movement in four directions.

Set your preferred reclining position

While many gaming seats come with an adjustable reclining angle of up to 180, it is advisable to keep your working angle between 100⁰ and 110⁰ you will realize that there are other positions that offer very comfortable supports. However, they put unnecessary pressure on the neck such that you may start feeling upper thoracic pains. You can experiment with 135⁰ and see the difference.

Use the support cushions

A well-adjusted gaming chair will make the support cushions to fall into their required positions. They are meant to cover the backspaces of your neck and lumbar curves.

The bottom line

Gaming seats alone are not sufficient to prevent back pains, varicose veins, obesity, burnouts, etc. they enhance your sitting behavior, thereby maintaining the right posture of your spine. This by itself will enable you to prevent some of these conditions but for a limited degree.

It is up to you to maintain recurring rest patterns that will relieve your body from the strain and stress of the muscles. You can take stretches, breathing breaks or walks to help your body to activate the metabolic activities to be able to dispose of or burn away unnecessary calorie build-ups.

Once you obtain a gaming chair, expect transitional adjustments on your body as well since you may experience some mild pains in the process. However long it takes – however, it’s only supposed to take a maximum of seven days, do not revert to your old conditioning. Going back will as well trigger pain. Also, be keen not to fall for slouching. The seat comes with a user guide. Ensure you follow every step and in the process, discover your preferential sitting position – one which does not affect your posture as well as cause medical conditions.

Create a regular break session where you take 30 minutes off from the chair to stretch, take a walk or do a routine exercise. The basis of this is to allow your body to rest as well as maintain body fitness. Since a majority of people spend up to 13 of 24 hours in a day sitting, lifestyle conditions such as obesity have been on the rise.

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