In America, Back Pain is Epidemic, Office Chairs and Seating Play a Role
Published by admin May 27th, 2008 in UncategorizedToday?s problem with office chairs some say, is that we have been forced into a ?table and chair? culture where many of our daily tasks take place in this right angled and seated position. This sort of sitting can force the body into a slumped or ?c? shaped position putting uneven pressure on the vertebral disks and muscles of the lower back. With time and being seated in your office chair over long periods each day, the spine can become deformed and erode disks, making it hard to retrain to the proper posture for sitting.
In America, back pain is epidemic. Costing us billions each year, aside from the common cold, back pain or injury from workplace conditions or office chairs of some sort keeps more employees away from work than any other single cause. Evidence from many different cultures shows us that seating and the practice of sitting has been associated with numerous issues. Back pain of all sorts, fatigue, varicose veins, muscle stress, problems with the diaphragm, digestion and body development have all been associated with improper positioning when seated for long periods of time.
People in some third world countries never use chairs but instead sit on the ground or floor. This type of sitting, known as ?autonomous? sitting, or sitting upright without back support is not easy. Sitting up straight has to be forced, and is hard to maintain and train the body to habitually remember to do. .
Trying to stay seated correctly in your standard task office chair can be challenging. The solution lies in re-educating your own body to move the way it was designed to move. Simply by using your body properly, the ?autonomous? sitting position can be regained and retrained into your memory with little effort. .
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