Postured for Success – Does Seating Matter?

Confidence Matters

Researchers at the University of Ohio have found that employees who consciously sit up straight have higher levels of confidence in their ability to perform tasks and belief in their qualification to undertake projects and tasks.

 

Seating Matters

When sat at a desk with significant back support, the muscles that normally brace and support the spine disengage and ‘switch off’. This disengagement leaves weakened core muscles and the resultant slumping leads to a lengthening in postural muscles in the back. This inevitably results in a rounded spinal posture and often lower back pain which is crucially associated with stress and absenteeism.

 

Back to Health – Simply

‘Engaging’ muscles consciously while seated, or by performing a series of simple exercises and stretches can help reverse the weakening and lengthening of muscles, which in turn gives steady restoration to physical health and then associated benefits such as confidence.