EVIDENCE
Ignorance is bliss? How EBA fits into your life.
Global warming is a serious headline-grabbing issue, but what about childhood obesity,
sedentary lifestyles, metabolic disorders, physiologic and neurological disorders? Many
of these serious pathologies are at an all time high in children and adults. We have
a solution- EBA garments that create body awareness and anatomical adjustments
regardless of who you are, what physical condition you are in or the types of activities
you do.
Our clients and customers include world-renowned physicians, professional sporting
teams, active adults, children, adolescents and active retirees. EBA solutions are not
limited to helping those with existing medical conditions. Our Apparel is worn by people
of all ages interested in body preservation, injury prevention, increased performance,
and enhanced beauty. Those who wear our products know EBA is a powerful means to
make themselves feel and look good, regardless of the presence of an existing medical
condition.
Though we refer to EBA as apparel, our solutions are modern life tools available to
you. Alignmed' s goal is to increase self-awareness and then provide the customized
means necessary to assist the inherent necessity of every human body- Balance, Balance,
Balance.
Society is Evolving…For the Better?
By the time most of us reach adulthood, we are out of touch with natural posture. We
have spent thousands of hours sitting in poor posture during school and in front of
devices where we communicate not by human interaction but largely through social
networks. The sophistication and entertainment appeal of electronic media, including
cell phones, video games and the Internet, is creating postural habits the human race has
never seen before. Human physiology and bio-evolution are not responding well; as a
whole, our health is deteriorating rapidly. Bad postural habits and the breakdown of the
musculoskeletal system (for example knee pain, kyphosis, shoulder injury) are having
actual measurable effects on our health and our economic stability. Don' t be discouraged!
Posture is not self-correcting but it can be corrected. You have the power to create
change.
Alignmed believes that the most valuable weapon to fight injury and preserve the body is
first an understanding of the far-reaching effects posture has on your ENTIRE body and
then a commitment to change. EBA can help!
Sit Much?
Think of the activities you engage in on a day to day basis: desk work, driving, watching
TV, playing video games, eating, spending time on computers and the list goes on. All
that sitting adds up! It is a documented fact among medical professionals that regardless
of physical activity levels, sitting at least 6 hours a day negatively affects your health in
countless ways; a simple search on the Internet will give you some insight into the well-
known and widespread harms of sitting.
Society as a whole sits too much and does so in poor posture. We learned to sit poorly
from a young age, starting in school. We learned to bend forward and support our weight
on the desk or collapse our upper body, using a backrest for support. These learned
habits are reinforced each time the average person sits. A short-lived effort to correct the
way we sit is often made only when the body begins sending pain signals in the form of
backaches or headaches.
The 8-hour Catch 22
We all go to work to improve our standard of living and yet, the conditions we subject ourselves to while at work are among the most destructive influences to our mobility and overall quality of life. The body thrives on movement and variety. Humans are not designed for long periods of static, repetitive sedentary work. Work-related musculoskeletal injuries (MSIs) are the fastest growing category of work-related illness. Across North America, half of all workers' compensation claims are due to MSI; the most common being low back pain and carpal tunnel syndrome but shoulder pain, neck pain and knee pain are all on the rise. It is estimated that 50% of all MSIs can be prevented. Most work-related musculoskeletal injuries are the result of known risk factors such as repetitive and forceful movements and not surprisingly, awkward postures. The rise in MSI' s is directly related to the computer terminal and the physical stresses it places on joints, muscles, nerves, tendons, bones, compromising comfort and every aspect of your health. Given that workers' compensation and lost productivity costs due to illness average $7500 per employee in companies employing over 50 people, never has a single work tool simultaneously been able to benefit a company on a grand economic scale and at the same time benefit the individual employee so profoundly that their personal heath and wellbeing is improved- even when away from the office. Why does all this matter? Whether at work or play, EBA solutions allow you to move easily in any position without a sense of restriction and can be worn as outerwear or as a base layer. Alignmed product solutions are designed to complement natural human movement, making the body' s most innate desire to balance itself a reality. Wear It! Feel It! Love It! Join the Human Balance Revolution
We all go to work to improve our standard of living and yet, the conditions we subject ourselves to while at work are among the most destructive influences to our mobility and overall quality of life. The body thrives on movement and variety. Humans are not designed for long periods of static, repetitive sedentary work. Work-related musculoskeletal injuries (MSIs) are the fastest growing category of work-related illness. Across North America, half of all workers' compensation claims are due to MSI; the most common being low back pain and carpal tunnel syndrome but shoulder pain, neck pain and knee pain are all on the rise. It is estimated that 50% of all MSIs can be prevented. Most work-related musculoskeletal injuries are the result of known risk factors such as repetitive and forceful movements and not surprisingly, awkward postures. The rise in MSI' s is directly related to the computer terminal and the physical stresses it places on joints, muscles, nerves, tendons, bones, compromising comfort and every aspect of your health. Given that workers' compensation and lost productivity costs due to illness average $7500 per employee in companies employing over 50 people, never has a single work tool simultaneously been able to benefit a company on a grand economic scale and at the same time benefit the individual employee so profoundly that their personal heath and wellbeing is improved- even when away from the office. Why does all this matter? Whether at work or play, EBA solutions allow you to move easily in any position without a sense of restriction and can be worn as outerwear or as a base layer. Alignmed product solutions are designed to complement natural human movement, making the body' s most innate desire to balance itself a reality. Wear It! Feel It! Love It! Join the Human Balance Revolution
