Back pain is an increasing and major health problem and the cause of the greatest loss of working days. Posture is deteriorating.
Poor posture leads to back trouble.
Poor seats encourage or even force one into poor posture. Sitting on seats which force you to slump weaken the back, and leave it vulnerable to injury. Slumping and poor posture become the norm. We know that it is important to sleep on a good firm mattress, and to have a good office chair, but we have not made this link in relation to the seats we buy for our homes. We tend to think that sprawling on a very soft sofa is a luxurious, relaxing experience.