The Ergonomic Health Benefits Of Saddle Sitting

 

All folks at Health advisedly now use a saddle-seat as our primary work chair... by choice. We are liberal to choose any chair we wish - which we have the best ergonomic chairs money can purchase to decide on from - yet, most people prefer saddle-sitting. Why? Because we feel better and work better during a very saddle.

Mind you, not all people embraced the saddle-sitting concept immediately. for some people, the seats were uncomfortable initially, and some thought them so silly looking that they'd not even try them for a year or two. However, over time, the thought caught on. variety of people who have had back and neck pain for several years, in every ergonomic saddle chair we ever tried (and we've tried hundreds!) finally found relief within the saddle.

We're convinced that saddle seats to provide more healthful sitting postures than conventional ergonomic chair designs.

Saddle-sitting relieves back, neck, hip, and arm pain.

The strongly declining position of the upper legs rotates the pelvis forward and curves the lower into an anatomically correct position of lordosis. This successively straightens the upper back, leading to a generally improved back posture and reduced tension within the upper back, arch, and neck muscles.

Saddle-sitting strengthens the spine and improves posture.

This new sitting stance stimulates and strengthens the rear, abdominal, and buttock muscles. Your posture will gradually correct itself as your muscles answer the new posture.

Saddle-sitting improves leg circulation and reduces foot swelling.

There is no edge to press against your upper leg, and your buttocks and leg muscles are free of contact pressure. The veins and arteries that carry blood to and from your legs are in their most open position. With the angles between upper and lower legs being much wider than usual and so the active use of your legs accelerating your metabolism, your legs will really feel much better.

Saddle-sitting improves balance.

The spread of the legs, called hip abduction, stabilizes the pelvis in an upright orientation, so you will be able to relax. And your wide foot stance keeps you balanced after you progress about. Balance is so dramatically improved, that several people with neurological impairments who topple out of conventional chairs, sit independently during a saddle seat.

Saddle-sitting enhances hand acuity and strength.

Precision hand activity is facilitated through improved positioning of the shoulder girdle and upper back, and a more stable torso.

You must raise your desk after you saddle to require a seat. We used Raise Its within the image below, but this worker's desk should be even higher.

How you're sitting could be hurting your body

The stool places you in a very ‘tripod’ position with the hips slightly flexed and abducted (spread apart), which is that the most stabilize position for the articulatio coxae. (This is really how babies with hip dysplasia are cast.) only the lower body is stable, can the upper body move with ease and precision. 

•  Dentists with short torsos who find they need to lift their arms to the edges when working can easily lower the patient when seated on a saddle stool, allowing more relaxed neck and shoulder musculature.

• it's easier to keep up neutral spinal posture since you're halfway between standing and sitting.

•  Diaphragmatic breathing is improved.

• it's easier to realize close proximity to the patient when the thighs are steeply sloping downward, which minimizes excessive forward reaching.

•  Moving the stool is less complicated, since it utilizes the larger thigh muscles rather than the calf muscles.

•  The saddle stool facilitates correct movement at the hips, rather than bending at the waist. 

•  When the seat is adjusted flat, the saddle stool places the pelvis during a neutral position, which helps maintain the lumbar curve. Never tilt a saddle stool seat, as this will cause hyperlordosis and low back pain. 

•  When the lumbar curve is present, it facilitates a more neutral head posture. Conversely, when the lumbar curve flattens, the pinnacle moves forward!

•  Its low profile makes the saddle stool ideal to access the 12 o’clock position in small, confined operatories.

• it's easier to travel from sitting to standing position.

•  The saddle stools activate the deep trunk stabilizing muscles, which are shown to assist prevent low back pain.

Saddle-sitting improves mobility and reach.

You can reach further and more safely on a saddle chair. Saddle-sitting preserves your spinal curves even once you bend forward. because the saddle-seat frees your legs to maneuver, turning, moving, and reaching out for things becomes quick and safe, almost gymnastic.