Searching for the perfect chair?
I hate to bust your bubble…
It doesn’t exist. Continue reading “Sitting Series 6: The Perfect Chair”
Sitting Series 6: The Perfect Chair
Read Time: 3 min
Sitting Series 5: Be One with Your Chair
Read Time: 2 min
The problem with using the back of your chair is that you start with good intentions—of leaving your back resting against the back of the chair—then before you know it, your attention has literally pulled you forward in the direction of…
- your computer as you work on your document
- the juicy novel you’re engrossed in
- the steering wheel as you drive in rush hour
- the friend you’re talking to across the table at lunch
You end up with a situation where your lower back is against the back of the chair and you’ve curled forward from the waist, head and neck leading, toward the object of your attention.
Sort of nut shaped.
Over time, that nut shape puts a lot of stress on your neck and back. Continue reading “Sitting Series 5: Be One with Your Chair”
Sitting Series 4: Perching
Read Time: < 1 min
My body and my back love it when I perch at my desk.
And I don’t mean like a bird on a post. Continue reading “Sitting Series 4: Perching”
Is Your Bag a Pain in the Neck?
Read Time: 3 min
If you have nagging neck, shoulder or upper back pain one place to start making changes is with the stuff you lug around daily.
And what you lug that stuff around in.
Yes ladies, I am talking about your bag. Continue reading “Is Your Bag a Pain in the Neck?”
Accommodation
Read Time: 2 min
I just listened to a podcast interview with an Alexander Technique Teacher who related a story about her student who had purchased brand new glasses. The student had paid several hundred dollars for them. They were the style of the moment with very small lenses.
And in order to look through the “sweet spot” and see clearly, the student had to put his head in an awkward position that created tension in his neck and pulled it off balance. The teacher had pointed this out to him.