If there’s a way to stand smarter and protect our bodies from awkward standing posture, it lies in controlling postural sway and allowing our muscles to work more efficiently. With solutions like StandRite-Pro, we reduce the strain that leads to fatigue and injury, keeping our bodies balanced, comfortable, and healthier over time.

Since kinesiology is the study of the mechanics of body movements, and ergonomics is the study of people’s efficiency in their working environment, it’s easy to understand why pain and fatigue from static standing have been overlooked for so long.

We have collectively missed, and even dismissed, the damage and cost that occurs when we stop moving. Instead, we focused on ways to remedy inefficiency in humans, but all we ever had to do was provide balance and stability.

When humans stand under the force of gravity, we experience postural sway. As we do, our muscles, tendons, and fascia continuously adjust to maintain balance. This leads to tension, inflammation, and fatigue… until we sit down or fall down.

Either way, the same thing happens when we control that postural sway. Our body has a chance to stop working so hard to maintain balance. We use chairs at home, beds at night, and lean on whatever we can find during the day.

However, when we lack control over our body’s sway, we instinctively lock our knees in an attempt to feel more stable. We understand that deadlifting with locked knees places excessive strain on the lower back, so why would repeatedly reaching and lifting with the same posture be any less damaging? The impact is often invisible, yet it’s undeniably harsh. Over time, this pattern accumulates, leading to lasting wear and tear, ultimately leaving us physically compromised.

So, if chairs, beds, and walls control postural sway so we can rest, and if flexing our knees reduces back injury, what would happen if we controlled sway while standing? What if we enabled flexed knees in that simple solution?