The discomfort of long distance travel

Two thousand years ago the Roman army famously 'marched' over their considerable empire, which probably gave those early mass 'travelers' their share of aches and pains.

Less than two hundred years ago the industrial revolution allowed long distance travel by a relatively large group of new travelers, passengers, via the new railways. The aches and pains of the foot-soldier's marching were replaced by the aches and pains of a 'passenger' being confined to a seat for long periods.

Over the last 40 years mass, long distance travel has taken-off, literally, with a larger and more affluent population wanting to travel because of the huge technological strides in aircraft size and performance.

40 years of technological advances have done nothing to improve the personal comfort of the passenger

40 years of technological advances (or is it 200 years?), unfortunately, have done nothing to improve the personal comfort of the average passenger - they had to suffer the cramped, immobility of seats then and they still have to suffer the cramped, immobility of seats now.

It is, perhaps, understandable that airlines have kept seating space restricted due to the imperatives of economics and business, but it is a little surprising that, over the last 40 years of truly mass travel, no serious effort has been made to minimize the discomfort and physical damage caused by these restrictions.

Neck supports, pillows and blow up devices of all sorts have been tried but our market research has confirmed that none of these solutions have been widely accepted and that there is a real need for a more serious solution.

It is in this context that the torsorest® body balancing system has been developed.