I have used this chair for both naps as well as sleeping through the night. The chair has many features which enhance comfort and wellbeing while using it. The positioning movement includes the seat box rising which places the user in a position that is slightly flexed at the hips and knees. This decreases the tension on the hamstrings as well as the sciatic nerve. The movement of the seat box combined with the independent movement of the back of the chair allows the user to comfortable achieve Trendelenberg position. This dependent or head down position elevates the user’s legs allowing gravity to decrease swelling and edema of the feet and ankles. I would certainly recommend this to anyone with issues of sleep discomfort due to the support and positioning capabilities. In addition, many patients that have shoulder surgery can sleep in a somewhat reclined position this chair has to offer and I would find very amendable to these situations in which an individual cannot sleep on their side. The positioning would provide comfort allowing for continuous sleep necessary without tossing and turning side to side during the night.

-Wesley Kinzie, M.D.