The Swopper PhilosophyIn today’s office environment many of us sit for 8 hours a day or more at our desk. This represents almost one third of our waking day! As we sit in our chairs our backs are supported by the stability that the chair provides.
Click here to read more...10 Tips for a Healthy and Active Work EnvironmentIn today’s office environment many of us sit for at least 8 hours a day at our desk. This accounts for one third of our waking day!
Click here to read more...Sitting - The Forgotten Health RiskThe design of most chairs in common use today is based on ease of manufacture rather than the needs of you - the user!
Click here to read more...Active SittingYou've heard of sitting on a donut when you have discomfort sitting but have you ever considered sitting on a sitting disc for fitness benefits?
Click here to read more...Active Sitting at the OfficeI purchased a second stability ball during my recent trip to the IDEA Health and Fitness Conference in Las Vegas. Purchasing this ball wasn't for doing abdominal crunches - it was to serve as my desk chair at work.
Click here to read more...Fidget Your Way to FitnessMundane body movements burn 350 calories a day.
Click here to read more...Revive Your 9 to 5Our day has become an accumulation of non-active events and the biggest of those non-active events is the time we spend at work. A typical 8-hour workday represents one half of our waking time! For many of us, this huge chunk of our day is spent in an office environment sitting in a chair and clicking a mouse - which is about fifty thousand heart beats away from breaking a sweat!
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Lynne Robinson, Co-founder of the Body Control Pilates Association Sitting at a desk is normally a nightmare for me. I cannot stop fidgeting and find that, even with good posture, after a while, I am uncomfortable. This is in part due to an old herniated disc in my lumbar spine. Over the course of writing 17 books on Body Control Pilates I have experimented with countless 'back' chairs. Finally I have found one that enables me to fidget to my heart's content while keeping my back in good alignment and pain free...I cannot recommend the Swopper highly enough. It actually makes working at the desk fun!'
Red Magazine April 2007 ?Swopper is an ergonomic masterpiece!
Home Plus Scotland, April 2007? A style statement & a clever way of looking after your back.
Dr. Kurt Tittel, M.D., Professor emeritus?Chairperson of the scientific advisory board to Germany's official "A Healthy Back - A Better Life" forum.
"The 'swopper', which can be easily adjusted to an individual’s needs regarding sitting height, spring rigidity and horizontal movement, keeps the upper body muscles exercised in conjunction with the spine, prevents incorrect posture and also premature muscle fatigue due to the constant switch between the spring-based imposing and relieving of pressure."
"This exercising action for the spinal muscles and the?metabolism in the area of the intervertebral discs constitute a welcome preventative option in the fight against back pain."