Poor Sitting Posture And Back Pain Relief
Many individuals either work a desk job or spend a lot of time in front of their computer sitting in a chair daily. We need to learn the difference between poor sitting posture and a good sitting posture. Your comfort and good health depend a lot on your posture. Keep these few tips in mind while sitting to relieve pain and tension.
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.
Avoid sitting on your tailbone, which is actually the bottom bone of your spine. Sitting on the tailbone for any length of time will cause pain, soreness and stiffness. Always try to sit squarely on your buttocks.
Your sit bones, which are part of the hipbone, which is covered by the muscles of the buttock, are the two bones that should bear the most weight while you are sitting. They are better equipped to sustain your body weight than is the tailbone. While sitting, you should sit squarely and not lean to far forward or too far backwards.
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.
You should widen your shoulders and pull them backwards. This may feel a bit strange; however, with practice it will begin to feel normal. You can do some exercises for loosening the rounded shoulders posture and feel much better.
Do you crane your neck? This is something that happens fairly regularly when you need to hunch over and peer at your screen. This will cause tension and strain in the back of your neck. One quick fix for this is to change the orientation of your computer screen.
While using a computer monitor with a flat screen, it can cause you to tuck in your chin to view it. Simply raise the screen up on a stand, while trying to figure out your proper neck posture.
Are you rounding your lower back? As you are sitting in a hard, straight back chair with a 90-degree angle from the seat, you may be rounding your lower back. This may result in bending forward slightly to support your entire back. You need a good ergonomic chair and then ensure that the seat is slightly tilted 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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Written by Eric Normand on October 21st, 2009 with
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