Re: Backache and swiss balls

On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:53:24 -0600, Joann Zimmerman
<jzimm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <1143600787.875046.4850@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
bobthrollop@xxxxxxxxxx says...

I once heard a tirade on public radio to the effect that hard wooden
chairs are more comfortable in the long run than squishy soft ones.
The rationale is the same: squishy chairs support you by your soft
tissues which aren't made to take your weight; wooden chairs support
your *** and back which are.

In any case, I use a plain wooden dining room chair at my desk. But
then my back hurts, so there you go...

I use a plain wooden library chair and my back doesn't hurt. My
experience is that there is no such thing as an ergonomic chair that
doesn't induce excruciating (not to mention exquisite) pain. (Probably
the worst are the Aerons so beloved of all-too-well-funded startups.)

Now it would be nice if the chair were an inch lower, but that would
make it necessary for the table to be lower, too ...

I have an old wooden two-seat theatre bench in my living room and as
much as I tell people with bad backs that they'd rather sit there than
the loveseat, they never believe me until I can get them to sit there.
The seats are slightly curved up and the backs slightly curved in, and
it's really very comfortable. If you don't have to have your feet up.
The loveseat is actually two joined recliners.
--
Marilee J. Layman
http://mjlayman.livejournal.com/
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