Need a little more support in the ergonomic department? Feel like your regular old desk chair is cramping your style? Then you should definitely take a look at these 8 unconventional options, targeted at keeping you active, healthy, and might even improve your abs! By taking an active posture rather than a passive one, these chairs keep your body moving and engage your core, improving balance, posture, and general well-being. In fact, studies have shown that making small movements while seated will stimulate circulation, send oxygen to the brain, and improve concentration. 1. Swopper Stool ($713): First up, the Swopper! Designed to provide the sitter with horizontal, vertical, and lateral movement, it’s all about reducing lower back pain by engaging muscles that normally go unused in a normal office chair. 2. Gaiam Balance Ball Chair ($100): Part exercise and part balance-builder, this ball-based chair employs the same ball used in your workout routine but outfits it with an adjustable support bar, easy-glide casters, an air pump, and a desktop guide to keep you moving.

This will help keep your spine aligned, and is said to improve overall well-being. 3. Neutral Posture Ongo Chair ($480): Ideal for meetings or as supporting characters in a standing desk setup, the Ongo chair promotes health relaxation and well-being through almost constant movement. Forget that sedentary couch potato slump – the Ongo keeps you alert and on your toes. 4. Ergo Ergo Stool ($100): Ergo Ergo! For an option a bit more stable than a balance ball, this stool allows for greater fluidity of motion by allowing you to rock gently in any direction, building strength and flexibility in the process. 5. Kneeling Posture Office Chair ($64): Um, remember the original ergonomic chair? I remember friends who had these in the ’90s, along with their gigantic desktops that took up half their desks. Can’t go wrong with a classic. 6. Rockin’ Exercise Ball Chair ($129): Leave it to the folks at Pottery Barn Teen to turn an exercise ball into a statement piece.

This furry little number is cozy, and looks nothing like a piece of equipment you’d use at the gym. 7. Buoy ($169): We’ve got our sights set on the Buoy here at Brit HQ. It’s a stool for active sitting, allowing you to swivel, turn, tilt, and move up and down. As they write, “Whether you’re a knee bouncer, a pencil tapper, or you’ve got jazz hands, Buoy lets you move freely.” 8. Exercise Ball ($17): Last, just go for the classic exercise balance ball! A couple Brit + Co. staffers swear by theirs, and no one’s rolled off their seat… yet ;) What kind of chair do you sit in at the office? Would you try something more unconventional for health benefits? Talk to us in the comments below. A closer look at Arroyo's P50,000-a-day hospital suite The patient's room at the presidential suite of St. Luke's Medical Center in Taguig City, where Arroyo is currently staying. Photo from St. Luke's website MANILA, Philippines - Former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is currently under hospital arrest at St. Luke's Medical Center in Taguig City.

Since last week, Arroyo, 64, has been staying in the hospital's lone presidential suite which The Philippine Star reported costs P50,000 a day, or P47,619 for senior citizens. The amount is more than half the monthly salary of President Benigno Aquino III, which is pegged at over P90,000, excluding taxes. Aquino received his first paycheck of P63,002.17 in July last year. St. Luke's has described its presidential suite as the "tops" among all the rooms, with "more than complete amenities you would actually aspire to stay."chair cover hire milton keynes It is divided into four rooms: receiving area, patient's room, kitchen, bathroom, and guest room.chiavari chairs for sale in india The patient's room comes with a day bed, a swivel chair, a La-Z boy chair, a TV console, a personal computer with printer and scanner, a 40-inch plasma TV with a wall-mounted sound system, a DVD player, four tables and a safety deposit box.white folding chair rentals calgary

The suite's dining area which has an eight-seater dining table, while the bathroom comes with a jacuzzi. The guest room, meanwhile, also has its own 40-inch plasma TV, two single beds, a toilet and a bathroom. The dining room at the presidential suite can seat eight guests. An ordinary hospital room usually contains a bed, a table and a chair. Several Filipinos turned to Twitter to complain about Arroyo's luxurious hospital room.morris rocking chair for sale "Learned that GMA is staying in a 50k presidential suite which includes a jacuzzi and a dinner table. table and chair rentals brighton miThis is where all our money went," user Leanne Tan wrote.wicker peacock chair ebay "Gloria Arroyo's room in St. Luke's Taguig, the lone presidential suite, costs P50,000 a day -- the most private and secluded in the hospital," user Erwin Louie Castillo wrote.

"She worked hard for this. Manipulating polls and all," user Bonxz wrote. Arroyo is said to be in delicate condition due to hypoparathyroid and bone diseases, and is awaiting trial for electoral sabotage. Atty. Raul Lambino, Arroyo's legal spokesperson, said the Pampanga congresswoman is also suffering from diarrhea, poor appetite and stress. A Pasay Regional Trial Court judge issued an arrest warrant against Arroyo after she was charged with electoral sabotage by the Commission on Elections last week. This prevented the former President from seeking medical treatment abroad. Early this week, the Southern Police District's (SPD) library and media lounge were cleaned and repainted to serve as a temporary detention cell for Arroyo. The room, with its own toilet, new bed and air conditioner, is a lot better when compared to an ordinary jail cell. The SPD has said that Arroyo, being a former President, deserves to be given utmost respect. Work your abs from the chair of your choice with a posture-improving inflatable Balance Disc.