June 6, 2022
Staying Awake at Work
Staying Awake at Work Staying awake at work has been a problem since the beginning…
April 16, 2022
Can Active Sitting Help with Acute Low Back Pain?
“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest…
April 5, 2022
Better Posture
Posture is a seemingly uncomplicated attribute of our every moment. It is simply the habitual…
March 24, 2022
Posture, Good and Bad: We know it when we see it
Posture is simply how we arrange ourselves in response to gravity, so it seems a…
March 21, 2022
Sciatica: Causes, Cures, and … Chairs?
Understanding the cause of sciatica Sciatica is simply pain that radiates down the leg from…
March 9, 2022
Active Sitting: Can it keep you young?
It is a personal failing of mine that I don’t monitor my phone very carefully,…
February 20, 2022
Are You Sitting Too Much? Here are the symptoms of “sitting disease”
What is sitting disease? “Sitting disease” is not a specific disease recognized by doctors. Rather,…
January 8, 2022
Why does my office chair hurt my back?
If you’ve ever shopped for an office chair you’ve likely noticed that all the designs…
December 28, 2021
Unnecessary “ergonomic” chair parts
Why do office chairs have so many parts? People searching for the “best ergonomic office…
November 2, 2021
Mindful Sitting
Sometime ago I introduced a statistician programmer friend, Ramiro, to active sitting, and his eyes…
September 21, 2021
What “Big Chair” Doesn’t Want You to Know
As with many other industries, a handful of companies make almost all of the “ergonomic”…
August 15, 2021
The inventor of the Barefoot Shoe loves our office chair
We recently connected with the inventor of the VivoBarefoot Shoe, and he loves our office…
July 6, 2021
Best chair for people with ADHD?
Can active sitting help people with ADHD focus better? Research shows that alternative seating and…
June 12, 2021
Can active sitting help people with scoliosis?
Can active sitting help people with scoliosis? Possibly. In the least, it helped relieve the…
May 20, 2021
Effortless Fitness: Why there are no gyms in Japan
Japanese people embrace walking as regular exercise. As a result, few people use gyms, but…
April 2, 2021
Active sitting – what’s it for?
“What’s it for?” Or, occasionally, “What’s it good for?” I get this question about our…
December 17, 2020
Somehow, Every Ergonomist Gets Sitting Wrong
The field of ergonomics hasn’t changed their approach and recommendations for chairs in many, many…
