Here is the problem: we have to sit way too much for our own good. “Sitting upright, even when ergonomics are good, is an active position, and requires strength and endurance in the stabilizing muscles. “
Sitting while leaning onto a backrest frees your stabilizing muscles from working, and you know what happens to a muscle you don’t use…
Weakened stabilizing muscles make it even harder to sit upright, and the vicious cycle is complete, leading to not only discomfort while sitting, but also contributing to pain and weakness elsewhere, especially in the shoulder girdle.
Sitting in chairs for long periods of time isn’t really what our bodies were created for.
What can you do?
1. Improve the stability of your trunk/spine with these exercises and gradually hold yourself upright when you’re sitting for longer and longer periods of time, as tolerated.
2. Sit on your sit bones and have your hips higher than your knees (put a pillow under your bum) aka don’t assume the shape of a cashew.
3. Vary your position as much and as often as you can. Stand, sit in a chair, sit on a swiss ball, on a kneeling chair, squat, kneel, use a lap desk, etc. And most importantly, take breaks, hang on a pull up bar, stretch, do hip circles, jog in place, jump on a trampoline, do what you can to give your body variety![embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O48VTrfxgY[/embedyt]