Ergonomics & Posture – Tips to Sit Better For Longer

Posted on October 26, 2009
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Back pain is something that a lot of people go through all the time, and have no idea as to why its happening. Most of these people do not realize that simply not slouching and having bad posture would help the pain tremendously.

There are many meditations and special things that you can do to help relieve pain. However, most of these different things you can do, will do absolutely nothing to help your posture , spinal cord, back, neck, or your stomach. Where the pain usually starts is from someone having a bad posture and putting strain on the spine, and the only way to correct it, is to correct your posture.

Posture is something that is not a priority to most people through out their work day. With that said most people will focus on their work and then go home and deal with life and forget that the posture they have is hurting their body. Dealing with pain from bad posture is hard, and can sometimes be overwhelming, and will cause your focus to go elsewhere.  We worry about carpal tunnel, and other issues.  But when it comes to ergonomics, posture is neglected.

To make sure that we never find ourselves in such a state — when our once firm stomach muscles have reached the consistency of watery jelly, our shoulders show the body language state of “dejected, disheartened and dismayed” — we have to look at the ergonomics — the best way — of sitting in chairs or a sofa.

Forget about those deep cushioned chairs which make you sink down and do nothing to your spinal cord. Your chair seat needs to be tilted a bit forward, so that the lower back is curved naturally and falls into place the moment you sit down. The front has to be a bit lower than the back portion of your chair seat.

Do not put all of your body weight upon your hip bones. Some weight has to be placed upon the portion of your body, which can support it, your feet. Make sure that your feet are touching something solid. This is the easiest way to get a good posture.

Imagine that you are sitting for an interview; what do you do under such circumstances? You sit with your back straight, head held high. But the moment you get the job, you go back to your slouch couch potato position, not bothering about your posture at all! Make sure that you are not sitting on your tailbone. That can only be done by tilting your pelvic region forward, so that some of your body weight is placed upon your seat bones.

One of the other things that people do not realize up front is how their computer is set up can sometimes hurt their posture as well. This stems from putting your computer screen in a place that requires strain on the neck in order to read the screen. If you have your computer sitting at eye level it will take a tremendous amount of strain off your spinal cord. This happens because you are not required to look up or down for long periods of time, and can keep a good posture while sitting there.

One thing that will help tremendously is getting your body strength to a point in which it will allow you to correct posture. Doing simple exercise around the house or at work to strengthen your neck will help a lot.

Most people try and correct their posture and fail at it miserably because they do not try hard enough. Teaching the body to do something it does not want to do can be hard. However, with the right discipline you can improve posture and be on your way to a healthier, happier life!

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