sitting on chairs and our health- medica 15
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Zami at the Medica Dusseldorf 2015
Sitting on chairs and our Health The mismatch between Nature and Culture
The origin of ZamiPiet van Loon
Orthopedic Surgeon Care to Move Deventer
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Zami at the Medica Dusseldorf 2015
Global Burden of Diseases: the human spine at risk
• Back Pain no.:1 in all “Western”countries ( The Lancet June 2015)
• Backpain in children the most fast growing problem in many countries (van Loon et.al, Medisch Contact 2013 )
• What can be true for adults, is certainly not true
in children
• Without proper knowledge of anatomical and physiological processes in etiology no answers!!
No organised prevention!!No preventive MedicineNo belief in or incentives to go for nonsurgical solutions
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We blame “ageing”, immobility and obesity
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We forgot the proper development of the body as a true source of Health
Until these came into our lives !!
The Gameboy back
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Tsunami of bad posture related backpain in children reaches medical practice!
• In NL > 40 % of children have backpain!
• Identical reports in UK, Portugal, Finland etc.
• Recognition on role of bad posture has just started……just by looking
• …and the role of the CNS in creating alignement too
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As an orthopedic surgeon I had to go back in history
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• From the start: sitting has to be blamed!
• Taking care of children’s spines (posture) was sublimated in the German speaking world (Education and Medicine) at the end 19th century
• But in furniture solutions one has to wait for Ruud Jan Kokke to sublimate Andry’s idea’s
1741: start of preventive Medicine, gymnastics and therapeutical excersises, posture guidance by corsets AND active sitting
PAOG UMCG Oktober 2015
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Scoliosis : knowledge around 1900 forgotten!
• German Textbooks not available or read in UK/ USA
• Pedagogic leaders (e.g.Frӧbel,Montessori) : first bodily functions and strength, than cognition.
Invention TLI bracefor postural problemsSCOLIOSISKYPHOSIS
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A optimalised posture is a prerequisite for durable health
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A good body posture
• Is “produced” during the growth period
• Is the needed alignement to balance our heavy skull
• “Form follows function” undisputed
• A child must be educated to “learn” a good posture and a strong body
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Where did sitting on chairs come from?
• Once only “the mighty”sat on chairs
• A complete cultural change in lifestyle
• After a century of posture-preserving schoolfurniture the “chair” came into child’s life Brunn :Thonet 2005
“Die Kultur des Sitzen auf eine Stuhl.” Hajo Eickhoff
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The human body is not created to tolerate prolonged sitting on chairs
• The form of the human pelvis cannot stand 90 degrees of flexion of the hip
• A chair (90⁰ of hips) is not related to any natural form
• Many “lifestyle originating diseases” are caused by sitting and the lack of movement
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So we went back to Nature with Zami
• By sitting on natural forms you invite natural postures
• A seat with natural curves corresponding with the anatomical curves in our skeleton
• No negative effects • But a seat is part of
individual choices in prevention and no “therapy”
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Proof of effectiviness
On a chair Standing On a Zami
Posture scan