An Ergonomic Chair with a Smart Way to Ease Low Back Pain

Low back pain is the main symptom of skeletal discomfort in active living, because we are not physically moving enough. We do too much sitting in our cars, at work, in front of the TV and working on a computer.

 Low back pain is caused by postural factors such as poor sitting balance and insufficient active mobility. This cycle reduces our capacity to actively move and therefore causes weight gain.

 Any extra weight on our body changes our skeletal balance from normal postural alignment to an imbalanced alignment which will have a negative effect in the way we sit and stand.

 These factors lead to a revolving downward spiral of pain and reduced mobility, so that our only comfort is through eating as a temporary gratification.

 If you truly want to break this cycle, because you are uncomfortable in sitting, you need to find an ergonomic chair that supports your sitting posture and starts you with a baseline of comfort, as shown in the resource box

 It is not ‘rocket science’ to know where we are going wrong, but it is difficult to change. Sitting in a correct and supportive ergonomic chair is the starting point for change.

 Any of the ergonomic chairs on my site are suitable for your comfort needs; but if you truly have problems sitting due to severe low back pain; then you need to consider the multi-task chair with the sliding back support, as featured in the resource box.

 This particular ergonomic chair has an important feature in the back rest called a ‘sliding support bar’. The bar will slide up or down and will relieve your immediate low back pain, by positioning it under the location of the pain.

 Pain radiates from a direct source in your back. Gently press around the areas of your back until you find the specific location of the pain. The bar should then be positioned underneath the pain location point. 

 Pain is caused by an overload of pressure. By positioning the sliding back support bar underneath the pressure site, pain will be immediately relieved and you can continue to perform your activity while sitting.

 The sliding bar back support feature in an ergonomic chair provides only immediate relief for low back pain, but it will enable you to continue actively to working on your task with comfort.

 Ergonomic chairs are important for people who suffer with low back pain, for correcting the symptoms of immobility and incorrect skeletal sitting leading to cyclical pattern of reduced activity and weight gain.

 The sliding bar in the back support will provide this attention required to reduce severe low back pain; so you can continue to perform productive activity in comfort.

For long term rehabilitation of your back pain requires the help of the “Therapeutic Active Living Plan” which is available free with each chair purchased from this site.