Posture is the position of one’s body when they are standing or sitting. It defines how the spine is aligned with the head, shoulders, and hips. A Good posture means having a neutral spine so that there is no stress on muscle groups, joints, and ligaments. It keeps them aligned in a way that the body remains flexible and balanced. So posture is an important element of a person’s health and poor posture may lead to issues like back pain, spinal dysfunction, joint degeneration, rounded shoulders, etc.
The Corona pandemic caused a significant change in the lifestyle of a large population. With prolonged staying at the home, dependency on screens for work or otherwise has increased. This with the absence of any ergonomic set-up also led to a change in sitting position and thus to orthopedic conditions like back pain and neck pain.
To tackle this, Dipitr, a startup dedicated to developing innovative and delightful tech products for health and wellness, has launched a Smart Wearable Posture Trainer. The device is dedicated to people sitting more than 6 hours a day and having issues with back pain and posture problems.
The device named Strack is a habit-changing device and works on Biofeedback. Biofeedback is a mind-body technique in which individuals learn how to modify their physiology for the purpose of improving physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health. Patients learn to voluntarily control what were once thought to be involuntary body processes. This intervention requires specialized equipment to convert physiological signals into meaningful visual and auditory cues. Using a screen such as a computer monitor, patients get feedback that helps them develop control over their physiology.
For using this device all it requires is attaching it onto the upper back with its included magnetic clasp or its adhesive. It comes with a mobile companion app, compatible with ios and android, that can be paired with a user’s smartphone that is used to calibrate the device to the correct posture. On poor posture, Strack gently vibrates and gives alert. With the App, posture improvement can be monitored and it also gives daily, weekly, and monthly progress reports. There are also posture workout videos and personalized goal based training to improve your posture and core muscles.
The App can also be used to easily adjust the vibration strength, alert time, and personalized posture training experience. The company claims that after use for 30 days it improves the core muscles and strengthens the back to give better and a healthy posture. The Strack Smart Posture Corrector can be bought directly from e-commerce websites.
Strack was launched by Amir Valani in 2019, after carrying out extensive research into the human spine, and its effects on overall health and wellbeing, to develop an innovative way to train ourselves to sit upright.
