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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 and pick it up. Notice - did you bend over at the waist, ...

Head Horns? (Pt. 1)

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 much hand-held screen time? Are our b...

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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 chair for the very first time. The comment is remarkably consiste...

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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 doesn’t love “support”? If you’re going t...

Pilates Exercise for QOR360 Chair

Pilates Exercise for QOR360 Chair

Sit in motion and stay in shape with these quick and simple exercises to do using your QOR360 chair. The practice of Pilates focuses on strengthening your core, which aligns perfectly with active ...

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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. Increased rates of heart disease, diabetes, even cancer have all been linked to...

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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 of time sitting (11 hours a day, on average), an...

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Comfortable Chairs and the Purpose of Sitting

No one wants to be uncomfortable, and especially not for long periods of time. So it’s hardly surprising that when it comes to sitting, the activity that consumes most of our waking hours, the que...

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Why "Ergonomic" chairs are bad for your posture.

Posture is response of the body to gravity. It is the moment to moment conversation our bodies have with gravity. This conversation begins at birth, and continues as babies first lift their head, ...

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Yoga balls: not the solution for sitting at work (or anywhere else...)

“It’s like the yoga ball, isn’t it?” I hear this often when people encounter our QOR360 chairs for the first time and are trying to figure out what sitting on one of our rockers might feel like. ...