0448 / 5-0448 / 9 Sidea Active Sitting Ball

0448 / 5-0448 / 9 SIDEA ACTIVE SITTING BALL

What is our body for? The answer is easy: to move from one chair to another... Think about it carefully; the chair is a symbol of our time because most of our activities take place while sitting and for this reason we often talk about posture, metabolic problems and the many pains; muscular, joint, cervical, caused by sitting and loss of motor activity. But what is the correct posture? Even easier answer: there isn't. There is no correct and fixed posture capable of making us sit well for hours, especially on a traditional chair. The traditional chair in fact tends to deform the physiological curves of the spine but above all, due to how it is constructed (backrest, armrests, rigid seat surface, etc.) leads to prolonged fixation.

Sitting for hours in the same position, even if theoretically correct, is the worst thing. Our body is made to move; the intervertebral discs, the stabilizing muscles and each of our organs do not function properly if deprived of movement. Movement implies the activation of all vital functions: cardiovascular, respiratory, nervous, muscular, etc. Therefore, if you are forced to sit, the correct way is that which allows an active and dynamic session, that is, a session in which it is possible to move and choose to change position, even do some small exercises, thus developing the broadest awareness of own body.

The Active Sitting Ball is an effective solution for sitting actively and dynamically. The Gym Ball in fact forces continuous adaptations and therefore requires the activation of all the postural muscles, also allowing the relief of vertebral compressions and the restoration of the physiological curves of the spine. In particular, the possibility of moving the pelvis stimulates the natural lumbar lordosis, helping to avoid assuming the negative and widespread, closed and anteposed C position.

Fun, multipurpose, icon of wellness design.

Sitting on a ball is certainly fun and an environment characterized by the presence of active seats intrigues and stimulates patrons simply because the propensity to know and try motor gestures, from the simplest to the most complex ones, is inherent in human nature. An office, a meeting room, a hotel room, a waiting area, where, instead of normal seats, we find Active Sitting Balls expresses, in terms of design, a precise intention: well-being through movement.

The Active Sitting Ball is also a real tool, a gym ball, which can be used to perform numerous exercises, starting from the so-called office exercises, useful for compensating for the closed and front position typical of work. at the PC.

Active sitting means sitting that promotes changes in posture but awareness is required.

In addition to the pros of a session that promotes changes in posture, it is also worth analyzing some cons.

• As happens with any type of seat, it is also possible to adopt bad postural habits on the ball. Among these, remaining seated in a single position, thus avoiding applying the principle of movement to the session, is certainly the worst. Assuming a C-shaped position, closed and placed in front, forgetting to move the pelvis, stimulating the natural lobar lordosis, is the second and most common bad habit.
• The ball is highly unstable and the danger of falling is greater than a normal chair.
• Active sitting is obviously more tiring, especially for sedentary people. For this reason it is necessary to proceed with a very progressive use of the Active Sitting Ball, in such a way as to let the muscles, buttocks and trunk first and foremost, adapt to the movement and the new workloads. One hour a day, with thirty minute increments each week, can be considered an example of progressive use.
• The Active Sitting Ball is not included in the Consolidated Law on Health and Safety in the Workplace. Legislative Decree 81/08 is in fact inspired by an idea of ​​sitting that we could say is almost opposite to that of the Active Sitting Ball. The work seat, we read, must be stable and the backrest must provide adequate support to the user's back-lumbar region. It is the idea of ​​a body to be supported and set correctly, as if there were a correct posture when sitting and as if fixity and lack of movement were not one of the main problems for people's health.

Description:

GymBall in PVC with weighted bottom.
Cover in polyester fabric + rubberized anti-slip pad.
Diameter 65 cm (60-65 cm depending on inflation).
Weight : 2,2 kg

Available in 5 aesthetic variations:
0448/5 Dark gray color – Large logo Sidea + embroidered S logo
0448/6 dark grey
0448/7 tobacco brown color
0448/8 light gray color
0448/9 light cream colour

Attention: the ball does not come with an inflation pump