Active sitting on SpinaliS chairs is a great preventive way to keep your spine healthy.
Spine-friendly school
We have launched the “Spine Friendly School” project with a school in Ljubljana. We followed two classes. One was equipped with normal school chairs and the other with SpinaliS children’s chairs, which we adapted for sitting and working at school.
Every year, physiotherapists and orthopaedic surgeons check the children’s posture, back muscle strength and general spinal condition. Concentration in school work was monitored by a psychology graduate using video recordings.
After five years of comparison between the two classes, the differences were already evident; the development of back and abdominal muscles, better posture and fewer overweight children were a feature of the SpinaliS class. The results so far show that children also need to be actively seated when sitting in a sedentary position.
Children find SpinaliS chairs as fun as a ride at an amusement park, but there are also powerful health and posture benefits.
Sitting on a SpinaliS chair…
…vzpodbuja vzravnano držo.
Pisalni stol SpinaliS z gibljivim sedežem omogoča pravilno držo brez napora, prav tako pa zadovolji otrokovo potrebo po gibanju tudi med pisanjem domače naloge ali kateri drugi sedeči aktivnosti.
…raste z otrokom.
Pisalni stol SpinaliS Basic je s svojim po višini nastavljivim sedežem in obročem za stopala primeren že za prvošolčke. Ker pisalni stol lahko prilagodimo po višini, bo rastel z otrokom in ostal njegov nepogrešljiv prijatelj skozi celotno obdobje odraščanja.
…je zabavno.
Pisalni stoli SpinaliS so oblikovani tako, da spodbujajo nenehno gibanje, kar otroku dopušča, da se premika in preseda na način, ki je nemoteč, prostoročen in učinkovit, hkrati pa tudi zabaven.
A spine that is poorly shaped in childhood will cause problems in adulthood.
Ivica Flis Smaka, MD, PhD.
Specialist in physical and rehabilitation medicine
The early years are crucial for a healthy spine, especially during the period of accelerated growth between 6 and 12 years of age. Poor posture in early childhood and then puberty (whether at school or in front of a TV screen), heavy school bags, improper diet and lack of physical activity can have a bad effect on the structure and development of the musculoskeletal system. A spine that is poorly shaped during the school years will cause problems in adulthood.
The period of adolescence is very important for the development of attitudes.
prof. dr. sci. Janko Popovič, orthopaedic surgeon
Bad posture can be corrected.
The period of adolescence is very important for the development of correct posture. During this time, various environmental influences (long periods of sitting, carrying heavy bags in one hand, bending over a desk, etc.) can lead to the development of inappropriate postural reflexes that are permanent. A child with poor posture grows up to be a person with poor posture. Later, he or she moves and maintains balance and performs his or her occupation with greater muscular effort. All this results in faster fatigue, lower productivity and faster tissue ageing.
Fortunately, incorrect posture is often the result of insufficient and incorrect muscle function, which can be corrected with will and discipline (unlike deformities and other injuries).
The idea of a chair with a moving seat seems to me to be one of the important things to prevent bad posture and thus also to prevent disc degeneration. I would definitely recommend the SpinaliS chair from school age onwards, as it allows active sitting and strengthens muscles, while allowing children freedom of movement.
Children who sit in a Spinails chair stay focused for longer and get used to school work at their desk more quickly.
Tina Rutar Leban
Psychologist, Pedagogical Institute, Ljubljana
SpinaliS gives children the opportunity to move in a different, more interesting way than they are used to when sitting in conventional chairs. At the same time, it offers them a more fun transition from play to serious school work. I believe that Spinalis has a number of positive effects on posture and, from a psychological point of view, it also makes it easier to work at school and to concentrate more when studying. I fully support the Spine Friendly School project and I am keeping my fingers crossed that more and more schools and more and more children will be involved over time.
Transition from play to work
Capture the crucial years for a healthy spine
The SpinaliS Basic office chair is ideal for children, as the added leg ring allows optimal sitting for both play and homework, and the adjustable backrest and armrests allow it to grow with your child. So your child will be able to use their SpinaliS Basic desk chair throughout their youth.
An investment you’ll never regret