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clavicula
November 15, 2009 - 1:26am
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Cool chair
We have the same chair (without the pillows though) and we love it. And by we I mean me and dear husband. He keeps stealing it from me! lol
It is really comfortable and keeps bladder well over bone. But be sure you use the strength of your spine. You can slouch even on this chair.
HTH,
Liv
louiseds
November 15, 2009 - 7:29am
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kneeling chair (and chairs in general)
I had one many years ago that looked identical, except for the cushions. Yes, you can still easily slouch on it, and you have to fiddle around a bit to get your knee comfort right, but it was OK. It just got a bit rickety after a few years. I seem to remember that I could not get it high enough to keep my arms at the right angle for keyboarding.
Louise
EDIT: Actually, I think the type of chair we use has very little bearing on our prolapses. It is how we sit (or stand or walk or run or lift or dance or ...) anywhere that is critical. You can have the best designed chair in the world and still slouch. You can sit on bare ground, or a rock, or a tree branch, or a squishy, slouchy easy chair in posture that will support your POPs! The responsibility for each woman supporting her POPs lies in her brain, not in the piece of furniture she buys. By purchasing specific furniture you are trying to 'buy out' of the risk of doing further POP damage, and buy a 'quick fix', just like buying a surgical procedure.
I am not being critical of any individual here, simply stating that we don't have to barricade ourselves or our lives into an environment that consists of 'only the best' for our POPs. Real freedom lies in using our bodies to support our POPs anywhere on the planet.
Sure, there are things that downright aggravate POPs, like carrying unwieldy or really heavy objects without being able to get them close to our body, or allowing chronic coughing to continue, or driving around all day in a car seat that locks us into an unhealthy posture.
Sometimes we can not avoid it for short periods of time, but, out of respect and care for our bodies we need to be responsible our own health and welfare. There is always something we can do with these unsuppportive seating arrangements, eg fight the TMI stigma by telling your employer you have POP and that the seating arrangements for your work is causing further damage to your body. Ask the employer to purchase high density foam wedges for you to place on/in your seat so you can position your body properly, or buy them yourself if you have to. POP doesn't have to limit you, if you are prepared to think your way around difficulties. Think of it as an investment in your future, rather than a cost to bear.
A lot of the time you don't have to spend any money at all, just use what is there in a more supportive way. If you do buy a special chair of some sort make ensure that it has enough range of adjustment for the height, width, and angle of the seat, and the height of the bottom of the back, and the angle the back makes with the seat, and the swivel of any backrest so it fits the curve of your back. If you forgo the back and buy a height adjustable stool instead, your back and abdominal muscles are getting a workout whenever you are sitting on it.
Cheers
Louise
Judith
November 17, 2009 - 4:24am
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kneeling chair
Hi Active
I cut and pasted your link but didn't get a picture come up, v strange. It sounds like a chair I had for years, called the Balans chair. I found it q comfortable but not for long periods, used it as an office and eating chair.
I was using it because of back probs, not POP, and I don't honestly know if it helped. I'm with Louise on this, you can sit badly on any chair and sit well on many (not all though). My Alexander Technique teacher discouraged me from using the Balans chair on the grounds that it's bad for your circulation, esp if you already have varicose veins (which I did) and also it locks the hips and affects the entire connection of the legs into the body.
I've been using a Wave stool (actual name)for a few years now, as recommended by an AT teacher and designed and made by one. It's a padded stool on a rocker and comes in different heights, you have to measure yourself to find the best one for you. I still have to pay attention to the way I use my body on it, it doesn't do the job for me, but neither does it hinder good posture in the way that so many chairs do. If you can't find it on google let me know if you're interested. I've got two, one at my desk, one at my kitchen table. Judith