Doctor Posture, author of
The Owners Guide to the Body
says we human beings were not designed to sit! The chair was originally an emblem of authority, like a throne. Committees, boards of directors, and academic departments all have a ‘chairman’. Endowed professorships are referred to as chairs. It was not, in fact, until the 16th century that sitting became common amongst the general population.
The whole idea that you must “park” your body in order to apply your mind in study, work and any kind of creativity is severely flawed and the problem with the standard kind of chair is that it is an immobile device which promotes inactivity.
Recent research is backing Doctor Posture’s 30 years of experience, showing that not only is sitting “not good” for human beings, but that in fact it is positively bad news, and not just on a physical level with muscle atrophy, elevated blood sugar, blood pressure etc. but also psychologically.