How much time do you spend at your desk or in a chair during the day? With so many of us in desk jobs and so many people who love the surf the Internet, it is important to remember that there is good sitting posture and poor sitting posture. Your posture has so much to do with your comfort and your health, so make sure that you keep a few tips in mind.
If you ever experience pain while standing up or experience body ache from sitting in particular positions for long periods, now is the time to try something different as well as learn how to sit correctly in a good office chair posture. Here are a few steps for avoiding bad sitting posture that you should keep in mind as well.
First, avoid sitting on your tailbone. Your tailbone is the bottom-most bone in your spine and when you sit on it for long periods of time, it can cause soreness, stiffness and even pain. Remember that you should be sitting squarely on your buttocks.
The sit bones are part of the hipbones and should bear most of the weight while you are sitting. The muscles of the buttocks cover these bones. They have the ability to sustain the weight of the body, whereas the tailbone does not. When you are sitting always, sit squarely. Never lean to far backwards or forwards as this causes strain and tension.
Look at where your shoulders are right now, as you read these words. Are they hunched forward? Chances are good that if you are working at a computer or work station that your shoulders are curled forward and in. This will cause tension in your shoulders and it will have a regular impact on the way that you look and feel.
Widen your shoulders and pull them back. It might be a bit of a strange feeling, but in a little bit of time, this will start to feel quite normal. Do some exercises to loosen up your rounded shoulders posture.
Craning the neck is another posture that happens regularly when you are hunching over to peer at your computer screen. This causes tension and strain at the back of the neck. You can remedy this problem when you reposition the screen of your computer.
If you are using a flat screen computer monitor, that causes you to tuck your chin down in order to read, you need to place the screen up onto a stand. Try to locate your correct neck posture.
Do you round your lower back? You may be rounding your lower back while you are sitting in a hard, straight back chair with a 90-degree angle from the seat. The result is bending to far forward to support your back. What you need is a good ergonomic chair. While sitting in it, make sure that the seat is tilted slightly forward.
These tips might be a little hard to keep up with, depending on how strong and flexible you are, and certainly on how much body awareness you have developed. If you really want to help yourself relieve the pain associated with poor sitting posture, find a program that focuses on strength, flexibility, relaxation, and body awareness, and does not take much time out of your schedule. That will help ensure your success and get rid of your back pain.
Take a moment to consider the great benefits you will receive from improving your posture: freedom from back pain, more energy, better relaxation, and a healthier, longer life! These are so important to your well-being. Just imagine how much better your life would be without all of that tension and pain.
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