Author Archives: Turner Osler

Workplace Wellness Programs Don’t Work. Time for a Home Office Reboot?

We humans spent our first 3 million years as hunter-gatherers, and over that long period, we came to expect certain benefits: sunshine, fresh air,… [...]

Post COVID-19 Recovery

The ability of individual States to decide policy for themselves is a hallmark of the United States approach to government. But despite the spectrum… [...]

What if most of the advice you’ve been given is wrong?

We’re given a lot of advice over our lives, especially as children. And, because this advice comes from people we trust who want the… [...]

Squatting in the 21 Century

We force kids to abandon squatting so as adults, the position is nearly impossible and uncomfortable. Try this… drop a pencil on the floor… [...]

COVID-19: Ventilators

A friend told me of this story: An older man contracted COVID-19 and became quite ill. As he became increasingly short of breath he… [...]

COVID-19: Exercise

Every physician knows that exercise is the universal preventative and treatment for almost every chronic condition. Yes, there's debate about what kind of exercise… [...]

You sit still, you get old

You sit still, you get old   We often hear from folks who want to talk about our chair project; usually as emails but… [...]

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Obesity and Health: The roles of diet and activity

This week’s issue of the New England Journal of Medicine blandly recounts this stunning conclusion: “By 2030 nearly 1 in 2 adults in the… [...]

The limits of willpower (and how to hack them)

Willpower is a concept that we take for granted, because it seems obvious: an impulse arises, we think it over, and then decide whether… [...]

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How many steps?

Tracking your steps? Add in your fidgets.   How many steps do you take in a day? Once upon a time that would have… [...]

Disrupting the furniture landscape… or forging a new one?

One marker for a disruptive technology is that those pushing the old technology won’t “get it”. When we created an active sitting chair that… [...]

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Head Horns (Pt. 2)

Image Source: The Telegraph Recently, news emerged about a troubling finding: young people growing a “head horn.” Was this the physical manifestation of too… [...]

Head Horns? (Pt. 1)

Image Source: The Telegraph Recently, news emerged about a troubling finding: young people growing a “head horn.” Was this the physical manifestation of too… [...]

Your personal posture coach

“This is supposed to make my posture better, isn’t it?” Typically, this is the very first thing people say when they sit in our… [...]

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Can active sitting relieve acute back pain

Can active sitting relieve acute back pain? This is a hot topic here at QOR360. We’re a science-based crowd, and our intention is to… [...]

Lumbar Support

Sounds great, doesn’t it? A little scientific, even medical (“lumbar” from the Latin lumbus, meaning loin). And at the same time gently comforting; who… [...]

Movement is Not Optional

Born to Move Sitting all day seems like a bad idea, but we are now learning just how bad sitting still is for us.… [...]

Reshaping Sitting

Active sitting at a fine furniture convention – we were warned this might not be “our crowd.” Could people interested in the hot new… [...]

Is your office chair actually causing your back pain?

Is your office chair actually causing your back pain? Probably. Do you already know your sitting posture is bad? Probably. People spend a lot… [...]

Sit, for your heart.

You eat right, exercise at least three times per week, but still have high blood pressure and cholesterol. How is that possible? In a… [...]

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