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The point is: having another fundamental class of postures available - in this case "lying" (in addition to sitting and standing) - increases our flexibility (and potential for respite) by approximately 33 percent.

For people suffering from severe RSI -- especially those for whom essentially any amount of sitting in one class (say "sitting"), even in difference positions within that class -- becomes unbearable for more than an hour or so -- then this 33 percent can be of significant impact.

Also - for some people standing just doesn't work (for more than very short intervals). So in fact the lying option provides significantly more respite potential (50 percent).



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