OVERVIEW: Lumo Lift - a gadget that will make you finally straighten up

Correct posture - is almost unreachable dream for many office workers. I dream about it for a long time without success. Not only that curve back - it is ugly, it is also leading to a lot of problems on the part of the spine.

Posture - a habitual position of the body in space. If a person is accustomed to sit or stand hunched over, only radical change of habits will save your back.

Work on the back goes in several directions. The first - a massage that relaxes to stressed muscles. For the same purpose use applicators, acupuncture. The second direction - is to strengthen the weak muscles, that is, special exercises for the back. Here palm holding yoga, swimming and gymnastics.

The third direction - help the muscles and bones to the correct position. To do this, invented all kinds of corsets and posture correctors. They are not always appropriate, and they do not develop a conscious habit to keep right, just unfold the shoulders in the right direction. The effect is achieved only temporary: it is necessary to remove the corrector as everything returns to normal.

Company lumo Bodytech I decided to connect to the process of rectifying the most important factor, that is, consciousness, and developed a gadget that determines the correct position of the carrier and vibration recalls that the need to sit straight.

It is a cornerstone in improving posture - a permanent self-control for a long time to develop the habit. Under normal circumstances, this still resists. We sit at the table, look in the computers too get tired, and more to monitor the situation of the body.

Lumo Lift sends a signal: rectified!

The company has already received positive feedback on the previous design - Belt lumo BackWhich tracked the incorrect position of the lumbar. The developers took into account the criticism that dealt with design sizes (belt was not very comfortable to wear), and made Lumo Lift - a small sensor that monitors the nursing department.

Equipment

The apparatus is sold complete with the charger and magnetic clips of two colors - black and silver, - by which the sensor is securely fastened to clothing.

At the request of the magnets of other shades can be purchased separately. I'll tell you what to wear comfortable on the Lumo Lift underwear or t-shirt to the motion to shift the device to a minimum.

Principle of operation

Lumo Lift stores the correct body position and submits vibrate if you deviate from it.

The device finds the correct position that you define. There are several life hacking and exercises to help straighten up as much as possible. Recommend them should ideally a doctor because of posture disorders options very much. Versatile way to take the right position - the maximum drop of the blade and lift the chin slightly.

On the one hand, this is a risk. After all, if you can not straighten it Lumo will return you to the original incorrect position. But there is also a plus. If your muscles can not support the spine, the load must be increased gradually establishing their own targets.

Lumo Lift setting can be carried out via the mobile application. Devices compatible with the application:

Also, the application is compatible with Windows, starting with the seventh version, but you need to purchase a special dongle.

Furthermore posture sensor embedded in Lumo Lift pedometer, which is simply a pleasant complement. On the basis of your data (height, weight, gender, age), it calculates how many calories have been spent.

If we consider that the size of the sensor is very small, then use it and more as a fitness tracker - a pleasure. Dimensions Lumo Lift: width - 25.5 mm, length - 46 mm thickness - 7 mm, weight - 11.5 g

I spent several days, virtually without removing the sensor, and now I can share observations.

The first day

Lumo must first adjust to the owner, so you need to be calibrated by double clicking on the sensor when you are in the correct position.

Some time is required to understand how the frequency of the signal is better to install. The optimal frequency was 3 minutes for me. At lower values ​​of the sensor it does not always work correctly. For example, if you tilt the tie shoelaces, of course, that the position of the body is not perfect. Vibration at this time does not help to monitor the posture, but only causes irritation.

Lumo Lift proves quickly that actually tracks the position. Sitting hunched over, resting his cheek with his hand? Raised his right shoulder when the arm was tightly glued to the mouse? Raised his right arm, "because a habit"? He hunched his shoulders? In any case you feel the sensor is vibrated.

It really helps. It is difficult to ignore the reminder that there once and hearing, and touch.

The application can set the goals: how much you want to spend, and exactly how much to pass. I stopped at the standard 4 hours and 10 000 steps.

Second day

It is not clear exactly how the application decides for how long, my posture was correct. But somehow it decides is necessary to believe, especially since back unambiguously signaled yesterday load was strong.

There was a desire to sit up straight, to vibration does not violate the concentration. Very good incentive to fix the back.

day three

The app records the achievements and helps to track progress, if it was. It helps if there is a problem with motivation.

Wink and cons. Lumo Lift is designed for tracking your posture is when sedentary work. Signal in a standing position, I did not receive. I believe that I have never bent back in an upright position, I can not.

But in my case it is difficult to attribute to the downside. Even corsets recommend wearing no more than 4 hours per day, or muscle perenapryagutsya, and have to go through an additional course of massage, so they began to function normally. Accordingly, if at the beginning of the path to straight back always keep the bar, the result is the same - strain. I had the spine and smooth at the table during the working day.

Day four

Enough! I have a backache! I'm tired! Not buzzing!

day five

Lumo Lift is still working on a single charge, as promised by the manufacturer.

I'm exactly that the sensor did not distract me. It get better now, and the back is no longer driving as in the early days. Another bonus: by the way what muscles ached the most, it became clear that the need to lean on in the gym.

sixth day

For the sake of experiment, I decided to spend a day without a sensor. The fact that it's time to straighten up, remembered more often.

Council at the end of the working week with Lumo Lift: Garner all devices and ways to relax, because the training turns serious. Remove the sensor after the working day and lie on the floor, use applicators, relax in a corset, or at least do some exercises to stretch tired muscles.

We have Lumo Lift analogues, including Russian-made, but they do not interact with the application, so some of the information is lost and some of the settings. For example, the ability to customize alerts rate came in handy when on the fourth day of the test tired of spin did not want to follow the instructions of the sensor and the brain. Alerts every 5 minutes, removed the problem: the load has become smaller, but not lost.

When a person with impaired posture goes through an infinite number of medical procedures, fizlechenie, therapy and massage, but nothing really did not change, the belief in the ability to change your posture is lost. Muscles and bones, and in some cases psychological reasons dictate their conditions to position in space.

Lumo Lift handles most problematic obstacle on the way to a flat back, that is the force of habit. The gadget with great tact and persistence reminds us that it is time to change.

The device caused me to believe that in a few weeks with the sensor will tame his own back, and finally save your posture.

Layfhaker is grateful to online store Medgadgets.ru for providing the test device.