Best Office Chair for Sciatica 2024

Do you suffer from Sciatica, Piriformis Syndrome, or some other form of chronic lower back or leg pain? If so, you know what a challenge it can be to stay productive. The pain can be blinding and all-consuming, making it virtually impossible to get any meaningful work done.

If you’re struggling with that, you’ll like what you read in our latest roundup review.

We’ve scoured the internet for ergonomic desk chairs on a quest to answer one question: What is the best office chair for sciatica in 2024? Our research has led us to a definitive answer, and in just a moment, we’ll tell you all about it, as well as the other top contenders we discovered along the way.

While none of the chairs on this list provides a magic cure for sciatica, all of them make it possible to work with and around the condition, which means you can have several productive hours a day at your desk, and that’s huge.

What is Sciatica?

Before we dive into the particulars of the chairs on the list above, let’s rewind a bit and say a few words about sciatica and sciatic nerve pain.

The sciatic nerve is the longest nerve in the human body. It originates in the lower back and runs through the hips and buttocks, down the length of your legs, and into your feet. Pressure on this nerve at any point can cause sciatic nerve pain, with the amount of pressure being placed on the nerve determining the intensity of the pain you feel associated with it.

In practice, one of the more common causes of this type of pain is when a disc in your back begins pressing into the nerve. When this happens, the pain is sharp, sudden, and extreme. It radiates from the small of your back and travels down one and possibly both legs, usually to about the back of one or both of your knees but, in some cases, even further.

What is Piriformis Syndrome?

This specific type of sciatic nerve pain is caused when the piriformis muscle puts pressure on the sciatic nerve. The piriformis muscle is a flat, band-like muscle located near the top of your hip joint in your buttocks. Every time you take a step, shift your weight from one foot to the other or do anything that requires maintaining your balance, you rely heavily on your piriformis muscle. It’s not a terribly common condition, but it causes a great deal of suffering in those who have it.

Our Selection Criteria

As we said at the start, no office chair on the market today is a magic cure for sciatica. Still, there are certain features that office chairs for sciatica sufferers have in common, and these help to mitigate the pain and allow you to be more productive. In order of importance, here are the things we were most interested in seeing:

Adjustable Ergonomic Features

While static ergonomic features provide some benefit, in order to have any impact on sciatic nerve pain, an office chair needs to allow for a high degree of fine-tuning where its ergonomic features are concerned. This is especially important where lumbar support is concerned, but in truth, the more adjustable ergonomic features a chair has, the more benefit it will provide to the person sitting in it.

Multiple Seating Options

One of the best ways to keep your pain at bay and stay productive is to be able to shift and adjust your seating position throughout the day. At a minimum, this means having a decent recline angle and tilt tension control, although chairs offering extras such as an optional footrest or dynamic, proprietary support systems were given additional consideration.

Seat Design & Padding 

Comfort is more than just the amount of padding the seat offers, although generous padding is certainly one way to approach the issue. All of the chairs on our list of finalists offer surprising levels of comfort, either through copious or, more often, reasonable padding paired with a waterfall-edge style or sculpted seat.

Fit

The last thing to mention here isn’t so much an element that guided our selection as something that should guide yours. No matter how many amazing features an office chair offers, it won’t provide significant pain relief if it’s too big or too small for you to use well and effectively. 

As you review the best chairs for sciatica in this report, the best thing you can do for yourself is to take careful measurements and ensure that the chair you select has a seat height adjustment range that makes it a perfect fit. 

Let’s examine our winner and the other top contenders we discovered during our search.

Our Pick: Steelcase Leap

The Steelcase Leap is the best office chair for sciatica pain on the market today. It is masterfully constructed and has a broad range of hard-hitting ergonomic features that help reduce sciatic nerve pain and improve overall back health.

Even better, you can personalize your new favorite chair with various colors, upholstery options, and extras.

Leap Variants

One thing to mention here is that Steelcase has a variety of products that bear the Leap name, including the Leap chair, the Leap Plus, the Leap chair with headrest, the Leap stool, and the Leap Work Lounge.

For this review, we’re not considering either the Leap Stool or the Work Lounge. Nonetheless, the chairs are functionally similar, with the key difference being in the core statistics that drive each model.

This fantastic approach virtually guarantees that, as long as you do a bit of due diligence before making your purchase, you’ll get a chair that’s a near-perfect fit for you. We love it and wish every company in the industry would adopt a similar strategy.

Aesthetics & Customization

Before we get into the design philosophy that guided the development of this fantastic chair and the powerful ergonomic features that arose from it, let’s talk about aesthetics and options.

At first glance, this chair doesn’t look like anything special. The designers stuck to the convention in terms of the overall look of the chair, which is probably a good thing in that it makes it easy for the Leap to blend seamlessly into almost any home environment.

However, one area where the company went the extra mile was making sure that anybody who wanted one could order theirs in various options.

Upholstery

When you place your order, you can select from three different upholstery options: a breathable mesh-like material, a 3D knitted fabric, or a sewn fabric.

Color Options

In addition to that, the Leap is available in the following colors:

Finishes

And you have your choice of the following finishes:

Extras

Depending on how you plan to use the chair, you can even add two “extras” to your purchase.

Remember, the Leap product line includes a model with a headrest, and you can purchase the Leap ottoman if you like. This ottoman allows you to prop your feet up at various points during the day. Even better, it was designed to be used as an impromptu workspace.

All that, and it’s made from 98% recycled materials, too? What’s not to like?

Design Principle

Of course, the Leap is more than a versatile, customizable piece of office furniture. At the start, we mentioned that every member of the Leap family of chairs was designed with four key discoveries firmly in mind. These are:

These discoveries became the guiding principles that the design team built the Leap around, and the results have been impressive. Before we discuss the specific features that will help you better manage your sciatic nerve pain, let’s start by looking at the core stats that define the model.

Note that for the purposes of this review, we’ll be looking at the Leap Chair itself, not the Leap Plus. If these measurements aren’t a good fit for you, know that the Leap Plus is designed for bigger, taller folk, and it will probably be a much better fit.

Leap Chair Specifications

We’ve only seen a handful of chairs offering more customization options, all of which cost more than the Leap. This chair is flat-out amazing on that front, meaning you have unlimited freedom in customizing and personalizing your seating experience.

Powerful Ergonomic Features

In addition to coming with adjustable everything, the Leap features a variety of powerful, well-implemented ergonomic features that will go a long way toward easing those aches and pains in your back. Note that some of these are utterly unique to Steelcase. Competing chairs don’t have anything comparable on offer.

LiveBack

This is a Steelcase proprietary technology. The seat back features a unique slatted design that bends and bows as you put pressure on it. Every time you move, the back of your office chair responds, giving you the support you need exactly when needed.

This feature alone makes the chair worth every penny of the asking price. Once you’ve experienced this kind of whole-back support, you’ll wonder how you got along without it.

Adjustable Back Firmness

This ties in with the LiveBack technology. The chair has a pair of dials, easily accessible from a seated position. These dials allow you to customize the firmness of the seatback, controlling the upper and lower portions of the seatback independently.

Finding the ideal support settings takes some experimentation, but once you’ve dialed in, no other office chair on the market today can come close. This feature, more than any other chair feature, will help keep your chronic pain to a minimum and allow you to stay productive.

Tilt Control

It is a minor feature on virtually every office chair sold today so that we won’t spend much time on it. You can set the Leap’s recline angle from 90 to 120 degrees. It’s not a huge amount and not as good as the rest of the chairs on our list of finalists, but again, overall, it’s a relatively minor feature.

Adjustable Lumbar Support

Another tremendously powerful feature that is of special value to anyone suffering from sciatic nerve pain. The ability to customize the support you get in your lower back is huge and can’t be understated. Like the LiveBack technology in general, this will work to make your back feel better, which, in turn, will allow you to get stuff done throughout the day.

Waterfall Edge Style Seat

Seat design is another crucial factor to consider, given that your sciatic nerve runs through your legs. Some chairs are notoriously bad about cutting off blood flow to your legs when you sit in them, which only makes things worse for people who suffer from sciatic nerve pain, but you won’t have to worry about that with this chair.

While it’s true that the Leap isn’t the most luxuriously padded chair on the market today, it honestly doesn’t have to be because comfort is about more than the amount of padding used.

The fact that you can adjust virtually every aspect of the chair to make it fit you like a glove and the strength of its ergonomic features complement the padding, creating a delightful seating experience.

Verdict

In our view, this is not just the ultimate office chair but also the best desk chair for sciatica that is being sold today. It even comes (mostly) assembled, so getting it ready for first use is a breeze!

Runner-Up: Herman Miller Embody

It seems clear that the Steelcase Leap was designed for office use. The Herman Miller Embody is a very different sort of chair, and in our view, it was designed for gamers and other power users.

Aesthetics & Design

The Embody has a vaguely futuristic vibe that we find delightful but might be off-putting to some. If you don’t fall in love with it at first sight, the impressive array of features it offers likely won’t be sufficient to change your mind.

That’s a pity because, like the Leap, the Embody is a marvel of engineering brought to you by one of the finest companies in the office furniture industry.

Customization

In addition to the chair’s futuristic design, we note that the company has taken pains to allow for at least some customization and personalization.

Granted, you don’t get as many fabric and color options as the Leap offers, and you won’t find any extras here. Still, even so, there are enough options to give you the definite sense that you’re getting a highly personalized piece of office furniture.

Upholstery

Where upholstery options are concerned, the Embody offers two choices, both fabric variants. You can select from the company’s “Balance” or “Rhythm” fabric. These two are pretty similar in practice, but a few minor differences may influence your thinking at the margins.

In summary, the Rhythm fabric is the more breathable of the two, while the Balance fabric offers a slight increase in padding. It costs a bit extra, but if you’re interested in maximizing comfort, it’s probably the way to go.

Color Options

Once you’ve picked your fabric, you can select its color and note that Rhythm fabric has a few more options. Here’s what you’re looking at, depending on the material you choose:

Balance Fabric comes in the following color options:

Rhythm Fabric can be ordered in any of the following colors:

Padding

Like the Leap chair, the Embody isn’t extravagantly padded, but it doesn’t need to be to deliver a comfortable seating experience. The padding is adequate but augmented by several superbly implemented ergonomic features and the fact that just about every aspect of the chair can be tweaked, fine-tuned, and adjusted to create the perfect seating experience for you.

Specifications & Adjustability

Let’s move from aesthetics to a review of the core stats that drive and define the model, along with a quick overview of the various aspects of Embody’s design that can be adjusted and personalized.

In addition to offering a fair number of color options, just about every aspect of the Embody can be adjusted. Here’s a quick overview:

As you can see, although the Embody isn’t entirely as customizable as the Leap, it’s a very close second, which gives you plenty of opportunities to tweak the chair so it fits you perfectly.

We were especially impressed with the Leap, Aeron, and Embody chairs, which can move up, down, in, out, and pivot. The only thing they can’t do is slide back and forth along the depth of the seat, but that’s a relatively minor omission. Also, note that the Embody has a better maximum recline angle than the Leap (135 degrees vs. 120).

This section focuses on the chair’s “BackFit” technology.

BackFit Technology

When you look at the back of the chair, you’ll likely feel a mixture of wonder and unease. It seems almost alien. This chair literally has its own spinal column. You can set this spine to be either rigid or to float. If you let it float, then the chair’s spine will move with you every time you move, providing perfect, dynamic, real-time support for the whole of your back.

It’s the same idea as the Leap chair’s proprietary back support technology, but with a very different implementation.

The Embody doesn’t allow you to adjust or customize its lumbar support, but we’re not sure if this is a negative or not. After all, the support you get from the BackFit technology is so good that such an adjustment really isn’t necessary.

Easy Assembly

Like the Leap, the Herman Miller Embody is very easy to prepare for first use because it will arrive at your door and be mostly assembled when you order it. However, getting it out of the box will probably take longer than preparing it for first use.

Verdict

It’s a superb chair on every level, and the only negative aspect is the overall aesthetic. The futuristic look will put some people off.

If you don’t like it, know that the Leap delivers the same next-level seating experience but offers much more conventional styling. If you find yourself drawn to the chair’s look, this one will serve you well for years to come.

Value Pick: Herman Miller Aeron

The Aeron is a legendary piece of furniture. This venerable model has been part of the Herman Miller family of products for over two decades and was the company’s flagship office chair for a long time.

Not content to rest on their laurels, however, Herman Miller has kept the Aeron up to date over the years. To this day, it is one of the best office chairs for piriformis syndrome on the market, with only the Herman Miller Embody and the Steelcase Leap able to eclipse it.

Aesthetics, Design & Customization

The Aeron is designed along purely conventional lines, which makes it easy for the chair to blend seamlessly with a wide range of home or office décor schemes. The chair is offered a modest selection of mesh-like fabric upholstery options and base color configurations. These are:

As you can see, these color options are not nearly as extensive as those offered by either the Embody or the Leap, but this is a minor complaint. After all, most of the office furniture being sold today don’t give the buyer any options whatsoever, so even a few choices are big news!

Aeron Variants

The last thing to mention before moving on to the chair’s ergonomic features is that, unlike the two chairs we’ve talked about, there are three variants of the Aeron, called simply ‘A,’ ‘B,’ and ‘C.’ These are effectively the small, medium, and large versions of the chair.

Prospective buyers should keep this very much in mind because this is a pricey piece of office furniture, and you don’t want to inadvertently order your Aeron in a configuration that’s too big or too small for you. Just take a few careful measurements and do a bit of due diligence before placing your order, and you’ll be fine.

Chair Specification

Having said that, let’s look at the stats defining the model. These include:

As you can see from these statistics, the Aeron has taken a markedly different approach to adjustability than the Leap or the Embody. Where the other sciatica chairs we’ve talked about to this point feature a highly flexible, one-size-fits-all design, the Aeron delivers a comparable range of adjustability but is broken out over three sub-models.

Overall, we regard the one-size-fits-all approach as slightly superior because it makes the Embody and Leap chairs much more flexible. Still, there is something to be said about the sheer simplicity of Aeron’s approach. Also note that surprisingly, the Aeron supports slightly more weight than the Embody, which is the newer chair, and the Leap, although the Leap Plus handily beats both in that regard.

Comfort

This is where the Aeron lags a bit behind the Embody and the Leap. Both of those chairs utilize fabric upholstery and conventional padding to provide comfort for the person sitting in the chair, bolstered by constellations of superbly implemented ergonomic features.

The Aeron takes a much simpler approach. It’s a mesh chair with all the advantages and disadvantages that come with it. On the plus side, it’s delightfully breathable and well suited to the rigors of heavy daily use, and of course, it has the superb durability that mesh is known for.

On the flip side, there’s no padding on offer at all. If you’re looking for a chair with foam padding and well-implemented ergonomic features, this isn’t the model for you.

Ergonomic Features

Each of our top three contenders has some proprietary technology it uses to good effect to render back support to the person sitting in the chair. The Embody uses a fully articulated spine that runs up the back of the seat. The Leap uses its “LiveBack” technology, and the Aeron uses something called “PostureFit SL” with the “SL” in the descriptor referring to the sacral and lumbar regions of the spine, which covers everything from your lower back to your midback.

PostureFit SL Lumbar Support

On the Aeron, the upper and lower sections of the seatback flex and move independently, providing dynamic back support in real time as you move in the chair.

Even better, the Aeron allows you some ability to adjust this feature so that it fits the precise curve of your spine. We prefer the simplified adjustment method the Leap chair offers in this regard, but Aeron’s implementation isn’t bad by any means.

In addition to the exceptional PostureFit SL technology, the Aeron also allows you to adjust the lumbar support system’s tension (and thus, the amount of support gained by). Unfortunately, however, the lumbar support itself is stationary. There’s no way to tweak its position if it happens not to hit your back where you need it.

Tilt Limiter

The tilt limiter allows you to set the angle of recline via three predefined settings: Upright, Recline, and Full-Recline, with the full recline going back to the tilt limit of 135 degrees. While the presets are convenient, this seems a little overdone to us. If the chair reclined radically, the presets would make more sense, but we don’t think they’re necessary given that the maximum angle of recline is just 135 degrees. Even so, if you love convenience, you’ll see this as a nice touch.

Armrests

Finally, the Aeron’s armrests are height-adjustable between 6.8” and 10” and pivot on the armrest strut, shifting in by up to 17.5 degrees and out by up to 15 degrees.

Verdict

Overall, it’s an impressive list of features that will serve you well. However, the feature set falls a bit short compared to the Leap and the Embody. While we regard it as an exceptional piece of office furniture, it is, in our view, not quite as exceptional as the chairs we’ve talked about to this point. Thus, it’s the middle of the pack rating.

Even so, it would be a mistake to discount this chair. Even with a third-place finish, it’s still the third-best office chair on the market today, and that’s pretty impressive.

Final Note! If you order an Aeron, it will arrive at your door and be mostly assembled. The box contains just two pieces, and getting it ready for first use is just a matter of sliding the seat onto the base.

Also Great

Ergohuman High Back Swivel Chair

Although the Ergohuman High Back boasts a somewhat futuristic look, it’s offered by a company slightly less well known than our top picks. At first glance, there seems to be little to recommend this model. Appearances, however, can be deceiving. In addition to being built with a collection of superb ergonomic features, this chair has two surprises that few of its competitors can top.

Before we get to that, though, let’s do a quick review of the basic stats that define the chair:

Chair Specifications

Color Options

In addition to that, the Ergohuman’s designers offer the chair in a modest selection of colors. When you place your order, you can select from:

In looking at the numbers, we see a chair that’s incredibly suited and capable of serving a vast swath of the market. Just about anyone from about 5’2” to 6’6” or so, and with a higher maximum supported weight limit than any other chair on our list of finalists. Technically, one of the Leap variants beats it, but then, there’s a reason Leap won top honors on our office chairs for sciatica nerve pain!

Although the number of color options the Ergohuman is available in falls short of beating out our top contenders, there’s still enough here to add to its versatility and make it easy for this chair to blend seamlessly with just about any home or office décor scheme.

A Trio of Great Ergonomic Features

In addition to the basics, the Ergohuman comes equipped with three superbly implemented ergonomic features: a fully articulated ergonomic headrest, a mesh waterfall-edge style seat, and an adjustable lumbar support system.

Lumbar Support 

The lumbar support is the strongest of the three and is a tremendous boon to anyone who suffers from sciatic nerve pain, especially when combined with the ergonomically sculpted seat.

Seat

It suffers a bit due to the lack of padding, which is a common problem with mesh chairs, but the durability and breathability of mesh still make it a good fit for anyone planning to use the chair for extended periods.

Armrests

Although the armrests are not ergonomically sculpted, they are highly adjustable. They can swivel 45 degrees in either direction and are independently height-adjustable.

Tilt Function 

Finally, the Ergohuman features a three-setting tilt and lock mechanism, allowing you to set your recline angle to 90 degrees, 110 degrees, or 135 degrees, depending on your preference.

As great as all those things are, none are the two surprises we mentioned at the start. We’ll talk about those next, and they are amazing.

Warranty

First, Ergohuman offers a lifetime warranty on every chair it sells. Make no mistake: Herman Miller and Steelcase offer impressive warranties but can’t touch Ergohuman’s warranty. It’s simply the best there is.

Extras

Second, the matter of extras. While the Steelcase Leap offers two great, high-value extras, it can’t compare with Ergohuman’s approach. They sell all sorts of fun extras for their chairs. Browse the company’s site, pick the ones you’re most interested in, and add them to your chair.

Even better, order the chair in its stock configuration and use it for a while, then after a few months, think about the ways that the extras and add-ons can help you make more efficient and effective use of it.

Do you want an ottoman that doubles as an impromptu workspace? You can have that. Do you want an articulated arm strong enough to hold a laptop in front of you, allowing you unprecedented freedom of motion and the ability to work in ways you’ve never been able to before? You can have that, too! The sky really is the limit with the Ergohuman. It’s fantastic.

Assembly 

As with most of the office furniture sold today, the Ergohuman doesn’t come assembled, but the company does a great job here. There are only a few pieces in the box, and the assembly process is a breeze, thanks to simple, clear instructions and amazingly high production quality.

Verdict

While it’s certainly not the most attractive chair on our list of finalists, and some people will be put off because it’s all mesh with no padding, it’s an incredibly robust design. This is a great chair, especially if you’re looking for an office chair for sciatica pain that gives you unparalleled customization flexibility.

Honorable Mention: GM Seating Ergolux Swivel Chair

The Ergolux by GM Seating is an oddity in the office furniture world, but it’s such an interesting chair that we couldn’t resist mentioning it on our list of finalists. Before we get into particulars, we’ll start, as we have with our other finalists, by reviewing the basic statistics that drive and define the model. 

Chair Specifications

A couple of things jump out on a review of these numbers. First, the chair is delightfully adjustable, although not quite in the same league as our top contenders. Second, it appeals to a somewhat smaller slice of the market, owing to its rather modest maximum supported weight.

Upholstery

In addition to the core stats, though, the chair offers high-quality grain leather upholstery. It’s well-padded and comfortable, but there’s a catch. The leather upholstery makes it somewhat less suited to long periods of use. 

If you use it for more than three or four hours at a stretch, you’re virtually guaranteed to start getting sweaty and uncomfortable simply because leather lacks the breathability of fabric or mesh. This makes the chair ideal for those looking for light to moderate daily use.

Delightful Adjustability

Although the Ergolux isn’t quite as adjustable as our top contenders, there’s still a lot to like here, including:

Posture Correction

All of these are good things, but there’s another catch. One of the biggest complaints people have about this chair is that it’s something of a harsh mistress. If you’re willing to sit in the chair properly, you’ll find it to be delightfully comfortable, but the Ergolux won’t tolerate any backsliding. Sit improperly in the chair, and you’ll get up from it aching and sore.

Most people tend to slouch when they sit in this chair. The Ergolux will break you of that habit very quickly, so expect a period of adjustment as you acclimate to the new reality that it will impose on you. 

If you’re willing to commit to sitting in an ergonomically correct posture, you’ll love this chair, and it will provide genuine pain relief and therapeutic benefits. If you insist on slouching, this chair will beat you up for it, and you’ll despise it.

Assembly

Finally, let’s talk about assembly. It probably comes as no surprise, but if you buy the Ergolux, it will arrive on your doorstep in a big box, unassembled. The good news is that there are only six pieces to contend with, the production quality is extremely high, and the instructions are clear. You’ll be able to put the chair together on your own in about twenty minutes.

Don’t panic if you don’t see the assembly instructions when you unbox the chair. They’re neatly folded and tucked into a small pocket that rests under the seat. Get them from there, and you’ll be in business!

Verdict

We readily admit that this chair won’t be for everyone, but for the right user, it’s a great alternative to the heavy hitters that earned a higher ranking on our list of finalists of desk chairs for sciatica and is well worth taking a closer look at.

What makes it a great work chair for sciatica sufferers is that it actively promotes healthier seating positions. If you’re willing to follow that advice and work with the chair, you’ll find that it helps to reduce your pain.

Varier Move Tilting Saddle Stool

Although the Move Stool didn’t make our list of finalists, we wanted to put at least one example of unconventional seating in this roundup review for your consideration.

Varier is the name in the world of unconventional office seating. Their products represent the gold standard that every other company operating in that segment of the market strives to beat. To date, none have been able to.

Not only is Varier incredibly well-respected as a brand, they have access to some of the best design talent in the world. The Move stool is a perfect representation of this, having been designed by Per Oie in 1985. To date, no other ergonomic stool has been able to match it.

Chair Specifications

Given that this is a stool, there aren’t nearly as many core stats to look at, but we’ll present them here as a summary of the model:

As you can see, it’s lightweight and easy to move from place to place, but note its modest maximum weight limit. Unfortunately, that’s a genuine limitation of the model, and it means that the Move stool won’t be the right choice for everyone.

If the weight limit isn’t an issue for you and you have a job that only requires you to sit for short periods before getting back on your feet and moving around, the Move is a tremendously powerful option.

Merely sitting in it provides outstanding ergonomic benefits without restricting your movement. The stool moves with you, always providing exactly the support you need when you need it.

Upholstery

Even better, all of Varier’s products are created sustainably and are offered in a variety of upholstery options. Where the Move stool is concerned, your options are:

Assembly

As with most office furniture sold today, if you order a Move, it will arrive in a box and unassembled at your house. However, being a stool, the assembly process is a snap, and it is made even easier thanks to Varier’s excellent, clear-cut instructions and amazing production quality.

Verdict

It’s also worth noting that Varier makes a variety of other unconventional office furniture, so if the Move stool isn’t exactly what you’re looking for, it pays to check out the other products in their lineup, including the Varier Balans and the Wing Chair. Both of these are kneeling chair variants and are the best the industry offers. All three are worth considering if none of the models above are precisely what you’re looking for.

What is the Best Office Chair for Sciatica Pain in 2024?

So, what is the best office chair for sciatica nerve pain? We stand by our top pick, the Steelcase Leap, but we understand that opinions, tastes, and needs will differ. That’s why we included details on the other models we evaluated while finding our overall winner.

If you’re not satisfied with our top pick or find yourself disagreeing with our conclusion, here are some reasons you may find yourself gravitating to one of the other models we talked about here:

• The Herman Miller Embody is an outstanding choice for gamers and other power users, especially if you like that model’s futuristic aesthetic.
• The Herman Miller Aeron is a venerable classic and a great desk chair for sciatica, but is best suited as a one-owner chair, owing primarily to the decision to design it around a number of more precisely fitted models (A, B, and C) rather than adopting the one-size-fits-all design philosophy that our top two picks feature.
• The Ergohuman High Back is an outstanding choice for tinkerers who will find great value in adding new enhancements to their chairs. Ergohuman’s lifetime warranty makes this even better.
• The GM Seating Ergolux is an unquestionably great office chair for sciatica. It’s also stylish and attractive, but it’s best suited to those who are looking for a chair for light to moderate daily use and who are ready to commit to a lifetime of proper ergonomic posture. If that doesn’t describe you, you probably won’t be fond of this model!
• The Varier Move Stool is not only the best option for people with very active jobs who still want exceptional ergonomic support, but it’s also one of the best office chairs for dealing with piriformis syndrome on the market today.

Ultimately, the best office chair for your sciatica pain is something only you can answer definitively. But know that any of the models we’ve discussed here will serve you very well, giving you the means to alleviate your pain and get stuff done.

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References & Resources

• Steelcase Leap User Guide.
• Herman Miller Embody User Guide.
• Sciatica, The Ergonomic Physio.
• Sitting with Sciatica at the Office, Ergonomics Health Association.
• Steelcase, Official Brand Website.
• Varierchairs, Official Brand Website. 
• Herman Miller, Official Brand Website.
• Ergohuman, Official Brand Website.