useful addresses and links 

 
 

Office chairs, back chairs and untraditional relaxing chairs
There are many good models and brands of office chairs and companies that are supplying them; the following are some of these.
 

Advance Seating 020 8578 4308 www.asd.co.uk office specialists
Alternative Sitting www.alternative-sitting.co.uk www.sit-stand-working.co.uk 01993 700280
Aquarius Back Care Stapelton, Bristol BS16 1DN
www.backcare.co.uk  
back 2 28 Wigmore St. London WIU 2RN
www.back2.co.uk  
Back in Action 2 branches:
11 Whitcomb St. Tralfagar Sq. London WC2H 7HA   020 7930 8309
3 Quoting Sq. Oxford Rd. Marlow, Bucks.SL7 2NH   01628 477177
www.backinaction.co.uk   also children's chairs and equipment
The Back Shop

www.thebackshop.co.uk 14 New Cavendish St. London W1M 7LJ   020 7935 9120   catalogue available also more traditional armchairs, seating improvements

The Bambach Saddle Seat www.bambach.co.uk
Black Cat Music

chairs for musicians, all legs adjustable
www.blackcatmusic.co.uk 01892 619719

The Checkmate www.nottinghamchair.com an unusual sit-stand chair
Orthopaedia 01933 665290   www.tciseating.co.uk   office chairs with coiled spring seat and back
Posture Education

www.postureeducation.com   ergonomic seat supports
order from Advance Seating

Posturite mail order 01323 833 353   www.posturite.co.uk   lots of special equipment
SIS Jensen www.sis-int.com   adjustable desks and chairs
Support Stool Ayelsbury, Bucks.
www.supportstool.co.uk  
Q-Learn Intelligent Furniture www.qlearn.co.uk
 

Interesting web sites

www.acmandal.com
www.drivingergonomics.com
www.ergonomics.org
www.tallclub.co.uk
a lot of information on cars for tall people
 

If you have back pain

try these websites
www.backcare.org
www.painsupport.co.uk
www.think-back.com
 

If you want to learn how to sit

www.stat.org.uk  Alexander Technique website
www.alexandertechnique.com
 
Interesting books
 
The Chair Rethinking Culture, Body, and Design by Galen Cranz
Norton 1998   ISBNO-393-04655-9

Home by Witold Rybczynski Pocket Books 2001
ISBN 0-7434-0443-2

 

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