| Office chairs come in all shapes, sizes and colors. | | | | Technique is gaining popularity nowadays. It helps |
| Ergonomics tells us about a healthy design for | | | | to make |
| the office | | | | proper use of the body and enhances |
| chair. Chairs can come with adjustable parts. Yet, | | | | coordination and |
| the | | | | efficiency of movement.The Alexander |
| human body also comes in a variety of shapes | | | | Technique is used in sports, dancing and |
| and sizes.Some are tall some are short. Some | | | | acting but it can also be used to improve |
| require a bigger chair | | | | everyday |
| width and some would prefer a smaller width. | | | | activities such as walking or sitting.The technique |
| Sadly, the | | | | reeducates the body and the mind and shows |
| body cannot be as flexible as an ergonomic | | | | how the head, neck and the torso are used. The |
| office chair! | | | | idea is to |
| Although, it is not possible to find the 'perfect' | | | | hold the head in such a way that the length of |
| office | | | | the spine |
| chair to suit everybody, it is quite possible to | | | | and neck are not shortened or curved.No |
| adjust us | | | | amount of ergonomically designed office chair can |
| to all types of seating arrangements.You do a lot | | | | force |
| of sitting around as part of our lifestyles. | | | | the body into the correct posture. It is up to the |
| You sit at park benches, at home in front of the | | | | body and |
| TV, in the | | | | the mind to sit in a healthy manner so as not to |
| car and spent most of your time in the office | | | | injure any |
| sitting on | | | | body part.The mind has to be aware and not |
| the chairs. With so many different types of | | | | preoccupied. Every couple |
| chairs, it is | | | | of minutes, the mind should check the posture |
| not possible to lug around the 'perfect' chair.You | | | | and the body |
| have to deal with whatever is available at the | | | | has to cooperate. Over a period, the correct |
| restaurant, on the airplane or in the bus. A | | | | posture comes |
| heightened | | | | automatically without too much effort.Nick |
| awareness of how you sit can help you to | | | | Telford worked in office environments for more |
| adjust to the | | | | than 30 |
| office chair. However, you can try to get the | | | | years. A few years ago he developed back |
| perfect | | | | problems, and |
| office chair because that is very much within | | | | discovered it was due to bad posture in his |
| your reach. | | | | chairs. He |
| This is important because a wrong chair can | | | | decided to reaearch office chairs, and find out |
| wreck havoc on | | | | exactly |
| your back.Even if you are not able to get the | | | | what is the best way to sit for 8 hours a day or |
| "perfect office chair", | | | | more... |
| you can always use the Alexander Technique. | | | | now he's written a series of article to help |
| Alexander | | | | others. |