"The Perfect Rocking Chair"
A front porch staple, these made in the USA porch rockers from the famous Troutman Chair Co., NC are the same rocking chairs you see in the Atlanta or Charlotte airports.
Made from solid oak, using almost extinct “Shaker Methods” such as a glueless assembly that allow them to swell over time.
BEST SELLING Rocking Chairs
Cottage Rocker 146 Series
Top selling smaller rocking chair found on porches across America.
- Scooped seat :side-to-side and front-to-back contour to fit you.
- Curved back slats contour to your back.
- Long arc runners offer a long, lazy rock.
- Interlocking joinery and swelled joint construction.
- Stainless steel hardware and arm braces
- Back height from floor to top of post 41 ½”
- Double scooped seat height 16 ½” at rest
- Seat 21″ at the widest point and 16” deep
- Standard and Custom Colors/Stains
- Available Finishes
Classic Rocker 430 Series
Spot this rocking chair at airports across America!
- Scooped seat :side-to-side and front-to-back contour to fit you.
- Curved back slats contour to your back.
- Long arc runners offer a long, lazy rock.
- Interlocking joinery and swelled joint construction.
- Stainless steel hardware and arm braces
- Back height from floor to top of post 46 ½”
- Double scooped seat height 16 ¼” at rest
- Seat 23″ at the widest point and 18 ⅞” deep
- Standard and Custom Colors/Stains
- Available Finishes
Plantation Rocker Lumbar 970 series
970 is the largest of our collection. Generously sized rocking chair with our widest double scooped seat and tallest back height.
- Features curved back supports for spinal comfort
- Interlocking joinery and swelled joint construction.
- Stainless steel hardware and arm braces
- Back height from floor to top of post 48″
- Seat height 16 ⅜” at rest
- Seat 24″ at the widest point and 18 ⅞” deep
- Standard and Custom Colors/Stains
- Available Finishes
Carolina Rocker® 900 Series
Our signature Carolina Rocker® is the perfect rocking chair for any front porch!
- Steam bent back posts and left to right curved back slats contour to your back.
- Scooped seat – front-to-back for comfort.
- Interlocking joinery and swelled joint construction.
- Stainless steel hardware and arm braces
- Back height from floor to top of post 45 ½”
- Seat height 16″ at rest
- Seat 22 ½” at the widest point and 17 ¼” deep
- Standard and Custom Colors/Stains
- Available Finishes
The Official Kennedy Rocker®
Steeped in history, this rocking chair was beloved by President John F. Kennedy to relieve back pain.
- The woven cane seat and back offer firmness and natural spring.
- Signature design – steam bent back posts and curved back sets you at the perfect angle to relieve pressure on your spine.
- Natural cane seat and back woven in the NC mountains.
- Back height from floor to top of post 45 ½”
- Seat height 16″ at rest
- Seat 22 ½” at the widest point and 17 ¼” deep
- Available in Stained finishes
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Relieving Back Pain with Rocking Chair Therapy
In 1953, Dr. Janet Travell from New York purchased what she called the “Carolina Rocker” for her office from P. & P. Chair Company in North Carolina – now part of Troutman Chair Co. A patient of Dr. Travell’s, a young senator from Massachusetts, suffered from chronic back trouble. She prescribed rocking in a rocking chair and he was most comfortable in the very chair in her office.
That Senator of course went on to become one of America’s most remembered presidents. By 1962, John F. Kennedy Jr. had acquired over 14 of the same rocking chairs and he literally had one wherever he went, even one on Air Force One! His belief in the therapeutic benefits of rocking in a rocking chair, especially for chronic lower back pain, is probably the most famous of Rocking Chair Therapy testimonies.
Dr. Barry L. Marks, DC founder of the Orange Spine & Disc Rehabilitation Center in California, recommends rocking chair exercises for Lower Back Pain. As a cure for lower back pain caused by a herniated disk or bulging disc or for chronic low back pain due to a degenerative try these proprioception exercises with a rocking chair.
Basic exercise:
- Sit with both feet flat on the ground or floor
- Gently rock back and forth by pushing with your legs (do not use your back)
- Continue rocking in this fashion for 5 minutes then move to the next exercise
Tip-toe:
- Sit with only the toes on the ground or floor
- Gently rock back and forth by pushing with your toes (do not use your back)
- Continue rocking in this fashion for 5 minutes then move to the next exercise
Heel:
- Sit with both heels on the ground or floor
- Gently rock back and forth by pushing with your heels (do not use your back)
- Continue rocking in this fashion for 5 minutes then move to the next exercise
Use a rocking chair as one of several back pain remedies that make up a larger back pain relief program. He suggests that this is an excellent adjunct to spinal decompression for bulging disc treatment.
