Health Benefits of Using Bean Bags: Comfort and Posture

From sofas to kids seats, bean bag furniture can offer a whole range of advantages. It’s comfy, it looks great, it’s versatile, and it can be really cost effective. But one feature that many people aren’t aware of is that bean bags can also be good for your health.

Three Ways Bean Bags Can be Good for Your Health

Posture

Bean bags are the ultimate in ergonomic furniture because they mould around your body to suit your needs. Whether you’re looking at an enormous bean bag, like the Mammoth, or something more compact, like the classic, when you sit on them, no matter how much you fidget, the beans move with you. This enables the seats to provide your body with complete support, improving your posture and preventing slouching. And this is important because having good posture can help you to reduce wear and tear on your joints. As well as preventing a whole range of aches and pains in your back, neck, and shoulders, which can reduce the likelihood of sports injuries. And this is equally important in adults and kids.

Pain relief

Despite the name, bean bags like the Sloucher and Eva Lounger, can support pain relief on a number of levels. Firstly, as mentioned above, they promote good posture, which in itself helps to reduce strain on the joints and muscles. But they are also flexible and soft. This combination of features makes bean bags particularly good for relieving back pain. Largely because they can relieve pressure on the lower spine. However, because of the way that bean bags distribute your body weight, they can also help with other forms of pain relief. If you have hip or sacroiliac joint pain, for example, you may find that bean bag furniture allows you to rest without putting weight on the affected areas.

Mindfulness

In a world full of pressure and anxiety, mindfulness is increasingly being viewed as integral to our health and wellbeing. And the great thing about practicing mindfulness is that you don’t need any special equipment or training. You simply need to learn to relax, breathe, and name your thoughts and feelings. So, where do bean bags come into that? Well, while you can practice mindfulness anywhere, it can be easier if you have somewhere quiet and comfortable to relax and/or meditate. As we’ve mentioned when discussing posture and pain relief, bean bag chairs, like the Highback, relieve the pressure from your body, so your mind can concentrate on other things. They’re also lightweight and easy to move, so you can find a quiet spot to suit your needs.

The way you sit influences the way you feel. If you’re not comfy – or you are comfy, but in a way that strains your joints or muscles that you’ll later regret – it can impact both your mood and your body. Poor posture can lead to headaches, as well as a sore back and neck. But if you sit properly and comfortably, with the right support where you need it, you can influence your health – both mental and physical – for the better.

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