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We are just launching something related. Basically the harm from static sitting actually begins at around 10-12 minutes and builds from there. The more often y

We are just launching something related. Basically the harm from static sitting actually begins at around 10-12 minutes and builds from there. The more often you can interrupt it before that the better, but of course that also starts impacting productivity. There are also many sitting health impacts from muskuloskeletal to metabolic and these kinds of studies might show benefit in some areas but aren't testing everything. Our thought is if we can also build significant posture changes (sit-stand) more easily into the workday it can help a lot, and our first study showed this dramatically. We just launched on Indiegogo here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/movably-pro-the-freedom-of-movement-at-your-desk#/ https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/movably-pro-the-freedom-o...

bwestergard 3y ago
Could you point us to some research supporting harms from sitting for 10-12 minutes?
- dotancohen 3y ago
  Anecdotally, I can sit in a chair for hours, but sitting on a rock or reclining on the ground (things I do often) seem to cause my (45+ year old) body to "set in" and it becomes difficult to move afterwards.
- chaibiker 3y ago
  Here is a large study, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28892811/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28892811/ My guess is today's recommendations to move every 30m/45m or so were a compromise between ergonomists and employers given more frequent interruption was not practical in the workplace. In our study 100% of participants reported no discomfort even compared to high end ergonomic chair. Aside from what our chair does it does show how impactful more frequent posture changes can be. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003687023000820 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00036...
morninglight 3y ago
This has worked for me for over 25 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kneeling_chair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kneeling_chair ..
- Ographer 3y ago
  Do you ever have issues with your knees or shins hurting? I'm looking into these and that seems like a common complaint.

bwestergard 3y ago

Could you point us to some research supporting harms from sitting for 10-12 minutes?

dotancohen 3y ago
Anecdotally, I can sit in a chair for hours, but sitting on a rock or reclining on the ground (things I do often) seem to cause my (45+ year old) body to "set in" and it becomes difficult to move afterwards.
chaibiker 3y ago
Here is a large study, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28892811/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28892811/ My guess is today's recommendations to move every 30m/45m or so were a compromise between ergonomists and employers given more frequent interruption was not practical in the workplace. In our study 100% of participants reported no discomfort even compared to high end ergonomic chair. Aside from what our chair does it does show how impactful more frequent posture changes can be. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003687023000820 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00036...

morninglight 3y ago

This has worked for me for over 25 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kneeling_chair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kneeling_chair ..

Ographer 3y ago
Do you ever have issues with your knees or shins hurting? I'm looking into these and that seems like a common complaint.