Why sitting is bad for you - the problem, and the solution.

[Music] it's something most of us do every day sometimes almost all day and we take it for granted but it's not doing us any good at least it won't if we continue to do it the way we're used to what am I talking about the simple Act of sitting the chances are you're watching me while you're sitting down in fact you've probably been sitting down for quite a while already today statistics show that on average we sit for 8.9 hours a day and most of us are sitting on a seat that's actually unsuitable for our posture so it's no surpris that back pain is the leading cause of disability with as many as 1.1 million people being disabled by it and that's in the UK alone really though we shouldn't be terribly surprised after all the basic design of conventional seating wasn't intended for many hours of continuous use that's because the chair as we know it dates back to ancient Egypt when the Pharaohs began to use a throne to make sure that they were physically above their subjects that was fine for Pharaohs because they only used those seats for short periods of time and they sat in a neat 90° position by the time of the Industrial Revolution though which started in the 18th Cent Century most Factory workers were required to sit for long periods and unlike the Pharaoh they found themselves sitting for these long periods on chairs based on a very ancient but basic design why put simply it was to make their life easier sitting helped in several ways it relieved the loadbearing joints of the lower limbs helped to avoid working in unnatural positions reduced energy consumption made less Demand on the vascular system and of course gave greater stability now while this may have helped the workers in some ways sitting on this type of seat actually has many disadvantages some of them serious the most serious is that it forces the spine into a poor position especially in the lumber region you see when you sit on a conventional flat seat the pelvis isn't supported in any way this means it simply rotates backwards so the spine has no Foundation the result is that the spine changes its shape from a healthy s shape to an unnatural C shape this c-shape is bad for the body so why should a c-shape be bad for the body the C shape is not good for the body because in this position the body's center of gravity is behind the sitting bones rather than over them which is an unstable position as the there is minimal weight bearing on the legs resulting in a significantly increased pressure on the lumbar disc stretching the ligaments and muscles supporting the spine and putting pressure on internal organs this makes breathing and digestion harder and even means that the heart has to work harder to pump blood around the body furthermore because your thighs are at a 90° angle to the upper body the hamstrings which are connected to the pelvis and the back of knee are stretched this also causes the pelvis to rotate backwards contributing to the negative effect that the flat seat is having on posture and that's not all when you sit on a flat seat some important postural muscles become inactive and they almost stop producing lipoprotein lipase an enzyme that's important for removing fat and cholesterol from the blood studies show that when these muscles are relaxed enzyme activity drops by 90 to 95 5% leaving fat in the bloodstream within a couple of hours of sitting levels of a certain healthy kind of cholesterol plummets by 20% so conventional flat seats are clearly not good for the body yet despite the abundance of medical and scientific evidence that shows the dangers of this conventional kind of seating we continue to use it that's because we're educated to sit on such seats from an early age so it becomes a habit of course manufacturers of flat seats do their best to correct the tendency of their products to force the sitter into an unhealthy c-shape that's why they include back rests it's an attempt to support the spine prop the body up and keep it from falling off the seat but this is too little too late because the pelvis is already in the wrong position for proper spinal support the result of all this is that many experts suggest that rather than than sitting down to do your work you should stand up so you can avoid the muscular sceletal problems caused by conventional sitting positions when you're standing the pelvis is in a neutral position and the postural muscles help to keep the spine in a natural s shape but of course standing to work is not an option for most of us once more it has long been known that standing all day is not only more tiring but it dramatically increases the risk of of cored atherosclerosis by a factor of nine that's because of the additional load that's put on the circulatory system it also increases the risk of varicus veins clearly standing is not the solution to the problem so what is well there is a solution a solution that replicates all the advantages of standing and puts the spine in its natural s shape without actually making you stand it's a seat that espcially designed to work with not against the muscular skeletal system and keep your upper body in a balanced position put simply it stops your body from slumping while you're sitting what is it it's called The bamb Back saddle seat the bamb back saddle seat is the only seat that's designed to allow your spine to retain its natural s shape while you're sitting down the shape of the pelvis is maintained in a um natural biomechanic position as observed in standing which in turns maintains the spine in its natural yes shape so that's an important thing when you are sitting for a long time in the long term uh the muscle activity reduces and uh the spine start supporting itself the bamb back saddle seat will change the way you sit forever and transform your experience of living daytoday to find out more explore our website and watch our other videos of the bambach saddle seat in action sitting will never be the same [Music] again

Channel: The Bambach Saddle Seat

Views: 100,549

Keywords: Support stool, Bambach, Saddle seat, Posture support, Sitting healthily, back pain, musculoskeletal problems

Id: cSLJY76Ht5I

Length: 7min 18sec (438 seconds)

Published: Wed Nov 13 2013