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One of the keys to decreasing or preventing sitting-related lower back pain is variability in lower back posture.
There is no magical “perfect posture”, whatever ergonomic standards you follow.
If you spend too long sitting in the same position, you start to put excessive stress on the tissues of the lower back, which can in turn contribute to back pain.
However, if we can add variability to our sitting position, we can modify the length of time spent with our back in one position, therefore decreasing stress in the area.
There is no magical “perfect posture”, whatever ergonomic standards you follow.
If you spend too long sitting in the same position, you start to put excessive stress on the tissues of the lower back, which can in turn contribute to back pain.
However, if we can add variability to our sitting position, we can modify the length of time spent with our back in one position, therefore decreasing stress in the area.
The lumbar jacket helps us to do this.
Using an inflatable air cushion, we can modify the degree of support and therefore the resting curve of our spine, and by doing so, provide this much-needed variety in our sitting posture.
The best part about this is that we can achieve all of this without having to carry around a separate device.
Using a lumbar roll in the past meant carrying around a device and having to place it in position during use.
If you move out of this position the lumbar roll would also move, often resulting in awkward twisting motions in order to reposition, and this may further aggravate already sensitised tissue.
With the lumbar jacket, your lumbar roll travels with you, conveniently concealed within our fashionable garments, which are designed to be versatile
The garment can be worn as a convenient mid layer or an outer layer itself, and held securely in the position of optimal comfort, ready for you to inflate and use when needed.
The best part about this is that we can achieve all of this without having to carry around a separate device.
Using a lumbar roll in the past meant carrying around a device and having to place it in position during use.
If you move out of this position the lumbar roll would also move, often resulting in awkward twisting motions in order to reposition, and this may further aggravate already sensitised tissue.
With the lumbar jacket, your lumbar roll travels with you, conveniently concealed within our fashionable garments, which are designed to be versatile
The garment can be worn as a convenient mid layer or an outer layer itself, and held securely in the position of optimal comfort, ready for you to inflate and use when needed.
The Lumbar Jacket Creators
Sam Gilbert
Sam Gilbert is an Australian registered physiotherapist with a master’s degree in exercise science and co-founder of Club 360, a multi-disciplinary health and wellness facility in Tokyo, Japan. With almost 2 decades experience in dealing with a broad range of musculoskeletal conditions, Sam applies in-depth clinical reasoning, and a client-centered approach, combined with the most current evidence-informed practice, to provide those dealing with pain the best chance of an optimal outcome. He combines his role with education through the Club 360 Academy, a bilingual online fitness education site, where he shares his knowledge and experience with the next generation of fitness professionals.
Sam has worked extensively as an ergonomic consultant and speaker, helping both individuals and large corporations implement solutions to optimise their health and efficiency, and by doing so has a deep understanding around the impact of posture, travel, sedentary behaviour and other professional and lifestyle stressors on the development and prevalence of pain and dysfunction.
A former athlete, Sam competed in full-contact karate for 2 decades, representing Australia in 5 world championships, and as such has first-hand experience of injury and pain, including chronic back pain. He has combined all this professional, academic and life experience in a quest to optimise the health of others, and considers the development of the Lumbar Jacket an important step in this greater mission.
Ross Reed
Ross is an accomplished and caring personal trainer and sports massage therapist, with theoretical & practical areas of specialisation at both ends of the health & performance spectrum. Starting his career as an accredited strength and conditioning coach, Ross later went on to qualify as a sports massage therapist and in his practice utilises a broad skill set to release and restore function in tight/restricted areas of the body whilst training weaker/phasic areas of the body in the gym to achieve the required stability & conditioning.
Going on to gain further qualifications and experience in the fields of diabetes, obesity, cancer rehab, lower back pain, cardiac phase 4 rehab, COPD pulmonary rehab, neurological conditions, aging populations, pre-natal and post-partum women, Ross has accumulated a skill set to optimise the health of a broad spectrum of clientele, and remains on top of CPD with regular attendance of courses and seminars and learning new techniques in his areas of specialisation.
Ross’ approach is based on assessment and customised specifically to the client needs wrapped in their wants, and regularly works with physiotherapists as part of rehabilitation team regarding injuries. He has worked with fitness models to amateur athletes and at professional events such as the London Marathon and Tokyo Rugby World Cup and everything in-between.
It is in working with chronic back pain sufferers, including himself, that Ross began brainstorming customisable methods/equipment that may help in providing extra support & relief, and possibly even a way to lower the risk of injury occurrence. This is where the collaboration with his colleague and good friend Sam Gilbert began and the Lumbar Jacket was born.