Seniors need comfortable chairs too. Let’s face it, in todays world we aren’t ready to retire to a rocking chair in the living room. We are more likely to be found in the den catching up on mail, researching our ancestry, doing volunteer work or starting our own businesses.
I had to laugh at an ad that I saw in BusinessWeek magazine July 31,2006 and thought I would share it with you. Aili McConnon writes about a study done by the University of Waterloo (Canada) on how we sit. This is so me that it tickled my funny bone. Did you know that women perch and men slouch? The study showed that women sat near the front edge of the chair with their backs arched (just like I am doing now) and men slump against the backrest. Keilhauser says that its new chair called the Squig has been developed to accomodate both postures and to help prevent back problems (upper back pain for women and lower back pain for men). The chair is created to better fit the natural contours and sitting tendencies of both sexes. For the restless, the chair also bounces up and down (like an exercise ball) and pivots side to side. What do you think? www.metropolismag.com/cda/story.php?arid=2158
Leave a Reply