Looks like the U.S. will get its own chance to experience the joys of posture correctors/torture devices–the iPosture, which consists of an one-inch button that attaches to your clothes and vibrates when you slouch, is now available States-side for $US90. Using it for four hours a day for the first two to four weeks will apparently buzz you into having great posture. Man, and I thought myback brace was based on iffy science. [iPosture via CrunchGear]
TIm Brennan
Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 7:53 AMThis product reminds you to sit up straight. I don’t think that’s the problem though. People may need reminding of somethings, but posture is not one of those.
Before we learn to speak properly we have perfect posture completely automatically. That is because natural posture is controlled by a very primitive part of the brain.
Posture correction gadgets like this one are flawed because postural muscles are not controlled by the conscious part of the brain.
Nice try, but to fix poor posture you need to address the root cause:- the average westerner spends around 75% of their waking lives sitting in a seat.
Tim Brennan
http://www.posturecorrectionblog.com/