Comfort benefits of the Torsorest® Body Balancing System.

The overall comfort provided by the torsorest® body balancing system is a combination of factors, each interlinked, so that the total benefit is greater than the sum of its parts. Here are the parts.

Relieves stresses in the neck by supporting the head

Supporting your head leaning back in a seat, in a near vertical position, is only possible by arching your neck and using your neck muscles to counter-balance your head with your torso and with the seat back. As your torso is not stable and the seat back provides little support against the forces of gravity, you are unlikely to achieve equilibrium without constant effort.

Lean forward, however, and rest your head on the more horizontal torsorest® body balancing system and the head is supported more fully and in a more natural position. Furthermore, your head will be angled forward rather than arched back, a position more sympathetic to your neck.

The fact that your torso is simultaneously supported in the same manner further alleviates, if not eliminates, the counter-balancing stresses in the neck.

Relieves stresses in the spine by supporting the torso

This is like the circus performer spinning plates on the end of canes; you have to keep up the effort or something is going to break.

The torsorest® body balancing system breaks this chain of discomfort by supporting, independently, both the torso and the head. Muscles of the lower back, upper back and neck no longer have to do this balancing act. And, as a bonus, the spine and neck are curved in a more natural way, as nature intended.

The torsorest® body balancing system breaks this chain of discomfort

Spreads your weight over a much larger area, thus reducing pressure on all body parts

A bed allows the most even of weight distributions for the individual parts of the human body and, therefore, provides the best comfort level.

The torsorest® body balancing system provides a significant improvement in the bodies weight distribution by almost doubling the surface area available for support.

Removes up to half your body weight from your buttocks and thighs

The buttocks and thighs of a normally seated personlargely support the weight of the head, torso, shoulders and arms. This can be up to half your body weight. The torsorest® body balancing system supports your head, torso, shoulders and arms independently, relieving this weight and pressure from your lower body.

This huge weight transference, alone, considerably improves comfort.

Finally, straight posture aligment between the seat and the torsorest® body balancing system completes the comfort package

Trying to rest in a seat you invariably have to lean to one side or the other to try and get head support from the wings of the chair, or to rest one or other arm on its arm-rest. In these positions the spine and neck are twisted which only adds to the complexity of the multi-faceted balancing act, referred to above, between the hips, torso, head and seat.

This balancing act is conducted through the spine and neck, so if they are twisted, into the bargain, then the task is more difficult.

The torsorest® body balancing system allows the spine to be correctly aligned at all times, removing in one step a major cause of discomfort, and allowing the other benefits of the torsorest® body balancing system to be fully enjoyed.

Adding to the comfort package is the alternate resting position option the torsorest® body balancing system provides

The science page illustrated that to enjoy comfortable sleep the body has to be able to move. This is true even in the ideal sleeping position (in a bed). If anyone is confined to one position for too long they very quickly become excruciatingly uncomfortable.

This situation is magnified for someone trying to rest in a seat. There is very little room to move at best, and no opportunity for the type of subconscious arm and leg movements that sleeping in a bed allows.

The torsorest® body balancing system provides another new dimension of movement for the seated traveler. He can now lean back, sideways and forwards providing a range of alternative movements which is a prerequisite for undisturbed rest.