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This is a very insufficient article. Almost useless. It doesn't mention anything about hip and sacral alignment, which is absolutely critical to having correct
by blueprint 11y ago
This is a very insufficient article. Almost useless. It doesn't mention anything about hip and sacral alignment, which is absolutely critical to having correct posture. Unfortunately, sitting in a chair, as well as various other modern activities, completely messes up not only the alignment of the hip and sacrum, but conditions the soft tissue in those areas to hold a bad position. That's why it's so hard to have good posture for modern people - our bodies are molded into the wrong shape and are holding it.
Suppose an arch's keystone is pushed out of the place? The arch collapses, and can't support anything on top of it. The sacrum is that keystone.
For real progress towards fixing posture, have a look at the explanation presented by the Olympic athlete in this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MIZ6Fl2BTY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MIZ6Fl2BTY
- jcfrei 11y agoWhat really confused me was the following tip: Try to avoid sitting in the same position for more than 30 minutes. So is there a correct sitting position? Or is the correct sitting position "sitting differently" every 30 minutes? Those are two mutually exclusive things.
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- brational 11y ago> Or is the correct sitting position "sitting differently" every 30 minutes? Actually, yes. No sitting posture is one the body should be holding for extended time. We are supposed to move.
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- berntb 11y agoDoctors told me I need to move around a bit, to get blood flowing etc. 30 minutes sounds like what the doctors said.
- rsanheim 11y agoKelly Starret has a great quote about this: "your best position is your next position". Which is really another way of staying that you should be moving and changing positions frequently. Sitting to standing, on a stool, one foot up, then the other, etc. You can really run in to problems when you are sitting in the same horrible posture for hours on end. One side benefit of a standing desk is that it makes it a lot harder to stay in one position for hours because you can't slump back against a char. So you actively have to find ways to support your own weight, or at least you realize you are slumping forward in an awkward way onto the standing desk and you change position.