Sit well, sit in motion.

Surely, since you were very young, there have been people around you who have told you to “sit properly.” But do we really know what “sitting properly” means? Is there really a way to do it? And if so, what is it?

To answer these questions, we must go back to the beginning of our existence as human beings and focus on our anatomical evolution. Humans have been anatomically constituted for 1,000,000 years.

Over the years, we have improved in many ways, but for more than 50,000 years our physical appearance has remained the same. The arrival of technology and other environmental factors abruptly halted our anatomical evolution, so that from 50,000 years ago until today we have not undergone any major physical transformation.
Anatomically, we are walking beings, and both our spine and the rest of our body are designed for movement , including the coccyx. Contrary to what it may seem, the butt is not made for sitting, but for walking. Therefore, the position of sitting statically is not a natural position for human beings.

It is contradictory to think that, despite not being anatomically designed to sit, people spend an increasingly high percentage of their time in this position. We eat breakfast sitting down, we drive to the office, we sit in front of our computer, we sit in the cafeteria while having a coffee, we eat sitting down and when the day comes to an end we sit down for a while on the sofa to rest. These are just some examples of the countless activities we carry out sitting down throughout the day.

There is therefore no doubt that we are evolving towards a society that will carry out most of its activity in a sitting position , making our lives increasingly more comfortable. For this reason, it must be a priority for us to sit in the best possible way and this is in the most ergonomic way.

One of the key points to apply ergonomics when sitting is to try to sit in a dynamic way and, therefore, change the traditional concept of sitting in a static position.

It is essential to adopt a correct posture and use an ergonomic chair adapted to your anatomy to prevent future musculoskeletal ailments, especially for all those who carry out office work and have a generally sedentary lifestyle.

When we carry out “passive activities” we must use a preventive method to avoid generating anatomical stress and this is not resolved just by doing sports or some other type of physical activity in our free time.

The chair is really a work tool, its correct selection and use will help prevent numerous pathologies. We need to adapt the seats to our morphology and our work. When it comes to “sitting well”, the key is in the combination of two elements: sitting and movement. And it is this combination that will favor our efficiency, motivation, productivity and comfort while working seated.

This is evident in the “Sitting in motion” premise applied by the main ergonomic chair manufacturers around the world.