Armed with the knowledge that standing straight helps my chest water levels go down, I purchased a Bathwa Ergonomic Kneeling chair. Kneeling chairs are supposed to act as posture correctors and force a sitting individual to keep their back straight. (I also considered ball chairs and saddle chairs.)
The kneeling chair helps a lot with neck posture, but doesn’t seem to help with chest water flow that much. Using it for extended periods tires out the shins / knees, the lower spine and my upper left back muscle (aka the injured one related to my weak shoulder). It’s inconvenient sitting down and getting up because of the way you have to wrap your knees around the chair.
Many of the same posture correcting effects could be accomplished with a back pillow or my standing desk. However, despite my complaints, I found the Bathwa kneeling chair not too shabby. Deep down, I felt I should probably return it, but a part of me wanted to keep it around.
Feeling confused, I sought the advice of my parents. My dad was strongly against. Back in the day (aka 20+ years ago), his old company Cadence provided employees with a similar option. He had tried it out, but soon went back to the standard swivel chair.
To form an opinion, my mom tried out the Bathwa at her own desk. Pretty soon it looked as if she took a liking; she often swapped it in, even though doing so required moving a lot of heavy objects around in a tight space.
Before long, my dad asked if I had made a decision. I offered to let my mom keep the chair, but she declined, claiming that it was not worth $100 if her son wasn’t using it. Begrudgingly, I took back the chair and gave the Bathwa more tests + trials in my room.
