chaibiker

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by chaibiker 3mo ago
I'm Mark, one of the founders. Years ago I fractured a vertebra (L2) in a bike accident and afterward couldn't sit as long without pain. I went through a range of "ergonomic" chairs and slowly realized they were all solv
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Show HN: No chair fixed my back, so we built one that won't let you sit still(movably.com)
4 points by chaibiker 3mo ago|1 comments
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by chaibiker 2y ago
We are working on this and did a related study which included a group of participants more sensitive than average to standing and sure enough- more frequent posture changes from standing eliminated discomfort in 100% of participants. If cu
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by chaibiker 2y ago
This study showed alternating sit-stand more often completely prevented pain during an extended work period in 100% of participants, compared to standing and a high end ergonomic chair: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science&
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by chaibiker 2y ago
Working on this to incorporate regular movement into focused work: https://www.movably.com/ .
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by chaibiker 2y ago
Have not seen any scientific backing for this Cornell recommendation 20m sit duration. Most relevant study I have found is that sitting harm (average sedentary bout lenght & all cause mortality) actually begins at ~10-11m, and increases
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by chaibiker 2y ago
We have been working on a better solution to this the last few years and have a good answer if extended desk work focus is integral to your work. The fundamental conflict is one of movement vs. focus (and health vs. career sadly), and we ha
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by chaibiker 2y ago
Working on eliminating the health vs. desk work tradeoff: https://www.movably.com/
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by chaibiker 2y ago
Should we apply? https://www.movably.com/
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by chaibiker 3y ago
Other companies have been doing this for a while now, not sure if this is that new https://www.linevisioninc.com/
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by chaibiker 3y ago
Finally launched our crowdfunding campaign for everyone who wishes great desk work jobs didn't come at the expense of the harm of sitting for extended periods. (here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/movably-pro
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by chaibiker 3y ago
Here is a large study, 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 interru
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by chaibiker 3y ago
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 impac
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by chaibiker 3y ago
Yep, for deskwork. We shouldn’t sit for extended periods of time, but moving is usually too interrupting. We pair with a standing height desk and make it trivially easy to change posture every few minutes without disturbing your focus. We d
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by chaibiker 4y ago
Right, both exercise and sitting bout length independently are important. You just can't completely exercise away the impact of sitting alone.
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by chaibiker 4y ago
Reducing average sitting bout length has as big an impact as exercise. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41569-021-00547-y
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by chaibiker 4y ago
Thank you so much, working on this issue, but didn't expect a reference this far back! If curious, on the latest in sitting, standing, perching, alternating, a good overview recently from University of Waterloo: https://uwat
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by chaibiker 4y ago
Hi, Would love to find someone interested in taking on the consumer marketing side of our project, while we develop dealer channels and corp direct sales. Sitting is killing us. What we need is a way to move more often during the workday
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by chaibiker 4y ago
https://www.movably.com/ Got beat up a bit here originally- didn't have the science to share to back up our claims. Now we do, moving regularly prevents back pain & can be easy and without impacting desk work produ
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by chaibiker 4y ago
The Capisco was the last chair I had before diving into this and it actually worked pretty well. I mostly alternated legs, with one standing while the other was draped on the chair. The only drawback was the friction of repositioning and
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by chaibiker 4y ago
Interesting, that fit's one of the lines of research on disc health because the disc are nourished indirectly mostly through the porous vertebrae, it takes motion to create the pressure variations to facilitate blood flow. This may be
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by chaibiker 4y ago
Working on a better solution to sedentary health and sitting caused back pain at work. No one posture is the answer, so there is probably an optimal amount of regular postural variation during deskwork that wouldn't interrupt focus.
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Movement 1: Posture 0(theguardian.com)
2 points by chaibiker 4y ago|0 comments
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by chaibiker 4y ago
The standing desk is a part of it, but a majority of standing desks are not used for the intended purpose- to switch form sitting to standing more frequently. The problem is a combination of the time and distraction, and also just forgetti
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by chaibiker 4y ago
Thanks, we have some chairs circulating in your area, or at leas can try to arrange one for you to try nearby. If you sign up we will follow up: https://movably.typeform.com/to/Nyo8603J
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by chaibiker 4y ago
Thanks, this is part of what set me on working on this. I had a bike accident years ago, an L2 compression fracture, and from them on could not tolerate sitting as long. Today we seem to be so focused on finding the most adjustable &
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by chaibiker 4y ago
There is a one outlet path! We do work fine with manual height adjustable desks, because you no longer need to change desk heights because sitting, standing, etc. work at one height. We have talked about a manual version, it may be a good
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by chaibiker 4y ago
We finished the research study late last year and it should be published sometime this year. Happy to share the report, email me, mark at movably dot com. Everyone absolutely should be skeptical. I have tried a lot of chairs, the most rec
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by chaibiker 4y ago
Hi HN, I am one of the founders at https://www.movably.com/ . If you work at a desk for extended periods you may have heard the call to “move more” or that "the best posture is your next posture". The problem is
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Show HN: Movably – Protect your health, move more while you work(movably.com)
40 points by chaibiker 4y ago|42 comments

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