Apparently, humans weren’t meant to sit at a desk for hours on end, whether working or playing video games. I wish I could work all day in a La-Z Boy, but at least I have an amazing, dare I say Elite, chair (shameless plug intended) for my long hours at the office.

Study: Sitting Up Straight Hurts Your Back

Your mother’s advice to sit up straight in your chair could be a prescription for lower back pain. Scottish researchers said Monday in Chicago that a look at the spine with new imaging technology reveals how sitting upright with a straight back and thighs parallel to the floor increases the strain on lumbar discs in the lower back. In fact it’s better to lean back a bit in a chair, even if looks like slouching. “Really the best position is what you get in a La-Z-Boy, although that wouldn’t work well for someone using a computer,” said Dr. Waseem Amir Bashir, who led a study conducted at Woodend Hospital in Aberdeen, Scotland.