Ergo Chair: Can It Really Help Straighten Your Back?

Though the ergo chair is a little alien looking, it is very effective at keeping back problems at bay.

Do We Slouch or Sit?

Stop. As your reading this, take a look at your body posture. Are you slumped over in your office chair or are you sitting up straight? Are you shoulders hunched or are they pulled back and down? Are your legs crossed? Are you sitting with your face inches away from your computer screen? If you answered yes to any of these questions, than you could be in need of an ergo chair.

What is the Ergo Chair?

The ergo chair is a wellness chair that's designed to keep a person's back in correct alignment while they spend hours of their day at their desk. The chair consists of many normal looking chair parts such as a back, arm rests, etc. The unique thing about the ergo chair's design is the fit ball that sits in the middle of the chair between the chair's legs.

The ergo chair helps people keep their back straight while sitting in an office chair. The ball requires the user to utilize their stomach muscles to balance. This in turn pulls the back up straight. It's much better for a back to be straight and in its natural position that it is to be curved.

The design of the chair doesn't allow the user to sink back into their chair, spine curved, shoulders slouched. The design of the chair makes it extremely uncomfortable to do this. The whole purpose behind the chair is to help people with back and neck problems. Bad posture causes severe back pain and should be avoided.

Some More Advantages

Yes, the ergo chair helps keep you back straight, which in turn reduces your back pain. However, there are other advantages to using an ergo chair. The ergo chair also allows you to bounce around. This may sound like a childish activity, but it's actually a very healthy thing for an adult to do. Bouncing around improves your core body muscles, which include stomach and back muscles. When these back muscles are strong, you'll naturally have an easier time sitting up and standing up straight. You should be able to see the results of your constant bouncing in about one to two weeks.

The ergo chair will also improve your circulation. Constantly moving around on the ball forces blood to pump through your body, therefore improving your circulation.

The ergo chair is also compatible to nearly any desk. Some desk chairs won't fit under short or tall desks because they don't adjust. This chair adjusts to virtually any desk height. The ergo chair is a great way to combine deskwork and your daily workout.