

It's great to be on the ball at work; just don't sit on one
One of the trends in the past 10 years that tries to tackle the poor posture epidemic at work is the exercise or balance ball chair. We have been told countless times that the chair increases the activity of core muscles and provides a workout while sitting at work. Even with the small amount of truth behind unstable surface training to increase muscle activity, transferring that philosophy to a sedentary position at work just doesn’t ... work. When we exercise, it is for a s