[chaibiker]

We are just launching something related. Basically the harm from static sitting actually begins at around 10-12 minutes and builds from there. The more often you can interrupt it before that the better, but of course that also starts impacting productivity. There are also many sitting health impacts from muskuloskeletal to metabolic and these kinds of studies might show benefit in some areas but aren't testing everything.

Our thought is if we can also build significant posture changes (sit-stand) more easily into the workday it can help a lot, and our first study showed this dramatically.

We just launched on Indiegogo here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/movably-pro-the-freedom-o...

[bwestergard]

Could you point us to some research supporting harms from sitting for 10-12 minutes?

[chaibiker]

Here is a large study, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28892811/

My guess is today's recommendations to move every 30m/45m or so were a compromise between ergonomists and employers given more frequent interruption was not practical in the workplace.

In our study 100% of participants reported no discomfort even compared to high end ergonomic chair. Aside from what our chair does it does show how impactful more frequent posture changes can be. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00036...

[dotancohen]

Anecdotally, I can sit in a chair for hours, but sitting on a rock or reclining on the ground (things I do often) seem to cause my (45+ year old) body to "set in" and it becomes difficult to move afterwards.

[morninglight]

This has worked for me for over 25 years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kneeling_chair ..

[Ographer]

Do you ever have issues with your knees or shins hurting? I'm looking into these and that seems like a common complaint.