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Sit Better: A Doctor Explains How “Ergonomic” Chairs Undermine Posture and Health, Causing Back Pain and Shortened Lives

Sit Better: A Doctor Explains How “Ergonomic” Chairs Undermine Posture and Health, Causing Back Pain and Shortened Lives

Because we aren’t designed to sit, sitting undermines our core strength, posture, and spine health, and even shortens our lives. Here's a workaround.

2022

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Sitting Isn’t as Bad as We Thought: It’s Worse

We all spend at least some time sitting, and most of us spend a lot of time sitting. On average Americans sit as much as 8 hours each day…

Jul 4

Sitting Isn’t as Bad as We Thought: It’s Worse

Jul 4

Posture and Meditation

Mediation is perhaps the quintessentially internal pursuit: the mind turned inward, examining itself. So, it’s perhaps surprising that…

Jun 24

Posture and Meditation

Jun 24

The Paleo Diet is Debunked, But What About Paleo Sitting?

The Paleo Diet is Debunked, But What About Paleo Sitting?

Jun 13

The Paleo Diet is Debunked, But What About Paleo Sitting?

Jun 13

Lumbar Support is a Sham

Lumbar support has been a staple of ergonomic office chair design for generations, but this “scientific” innovation wasn’t based on…

Jun 9

Lumbar Support is a Sham

Jun 9

Running Is One More Thing Where Less Is More: Is there such a thing as too much running?

Outrunning the grim reaper, slowly.

Jun 5

Running Is One More Thing Where Less Is More: Is there such a thing as too much running?

Jun 5

Breaks From Sitting: Now we know how often and how long

We all sit far more than is good for us. (1) And by now the physiology of sitting and the epidemiology of its aftermath have been pretty…

May 27

Breaks From Sitting: Now we know how often and how long

May 27

Why “Ergonomic” chairs are bad for your posture.

Posture is response of the body to gravity. It is the moment to moment conversation our bodies have with gravity. This conversation begins…

Apr 7

Why “Ergonomic” chairs are bad for your posture.

Apr 7

The Evolution of Posture and the Origins of Back Pain: a Return to Primal Posture

It’s been argued that our back pain shows that evolution hasn’t yet completed our transition to upright posture. But this isn’t right…

Mar 27

The Evolution of Posture and the Origins of Back Pain: a Return to Primal Posture

Mar 27

Changing how you sit might help you avoid back surgery

I was a trauma surgeon for many years and I loved everything about it.

Mar 19

Changing how you sit might help you avoid back surgery

Mar 19

I think you may be missing just how nefarious Musk's "misinterpretation" of the data is.

Mar 7

Mar 7

Turner Osler

Turner Osler

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Dr. Osler is a surgeon, and researcher. Now an emeritus professor, teacher, inventor, and CEO of QOR360, he studies the harm caused by passive sitting.

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