5 Best Seat Cushions
Upgrade your office chair and relieve some of that back pain with an ergonomic buffer.

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If you have an office job, you're spending a whole lot of time sitting in a chair. This can lead to a myriad of issues like pain running down your legs, tight hips, and a sore tailbone if it's not combatted with physical activity, periods of movement throughout the day, stretching, and a comfortable, ergonomic chair. You can also experience pain from lack of support for your lower back or from tilting the pelvis at an uncomfortable angle, says Christynne Helfrich, D.P.T., a physical therapist at Hinge Health. Luckily, there's an easier way to improve your chair than buying an entirely new one: adding a seat cushion.
“If you’re sitting on a chair with a hard surface or a chair that’s meant to be lower like a dining room chair, it will put pressure on the tailbone (also called the coccyx) and on the ischial tuberosity, which are the two bones in your butt cheeks,” says John Gallucci, Jr. D.P.T., founder of JAG Physical Therapy. He adds that over time, that can cause a pressure contusion and inflammation.
To find the best seat cushions, the experts in the Good Housekeeping Institute Textiles Lab researched, reviewed, and tested tons of seat cushions. Plus, we spoke to physical therapists and medical professionals to find expert-approved seat cushions and learn more about improving back pain with ergonomic chairs or cushions.
Marisa Cohen is an editor in the Hearst Lifestyle Group’s Health Newsroom, who has covered health, nutrition, parenting and culture for dozens of magazines and websites over the past two decades.
Isabella (she/her) covers commerce and product-related content in the home, lifestyle, fitness, technology and beauty. She graduated from Binghamton University in 2022 with a bachelor’s degree in English: Literature & Rhetoric. Before joining GH, she was an editorial assistant at Prevention, where she covered health topics and celebrity news.
Grace Wu (she/her) is a product reviews analyst at the Good Housekeeping Institute's Textiles, Paper and Apparel Lab, where she evaluates fabric-based products using specialized equipment and consumer tester data. Prior to starting at Good Housekeeping in 2022, she earned a master of engineering in materials science and engineering and a bachelor of science in fiber science from Cornell University. While earning her degrees, Grace worked in research laboratories for smart textiles and nanotechnology and held internships at Open Style Lab and Rent the Runway.

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