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Reply To: Sitting and painting – Thoughts on posture : Maybe BOW could ask Jerry ?

August 2, 2020 at 1:34 pm #1555043

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@torros glad that I’m not the only one.

A quick bit, from what I can remember of desgin for the ergonomics of sitting there are 2 main ways of arsing down.

With an active core, such as cross legged, swiss ball or kneeling chair. This can help as it keeps the muscles engaged and can build strength but isn’t a comfy sit down. Good for lower back/lumbar pain/upper arse soreness, after developing more strength. Also standing desks in this category.

Classic seated, this is kind of a catch all for arse and back contact. A huge list of various designs and needs some trial and error to find what suits. With that said, low back hurts try a stiffer seat first before lots of lower back cusioning/lumbar support, a small pad on a hard high backed dining chair is a good start. Middle back is usuall slouch so try a short backed comfy, less behind shoulders to roll them forward and watch for bring your arms to you i.e. elbows<90degrees hard when detail painting I know. Upper back neck is usually looking down so try to find what’s in front of your face when looking directly forward when seated and use risers to put screens on the desk at that height an try not to look too low, elbow on armrests and shoulders back again could help.