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Question by Miki: How do I correct my posture while sitting?
Apparently I have near perfect posture while standing and walking but when I sit to eat or study I slouch a lot and my back starts hurting. How can I improve my posture?
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Answer by The X Files Manson Silent Hill
keep your back pressed against the chair
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Question by : Has anyone has pain from sitting with good posture?
I have back problems and I am always being told to sit with good posture. I do, but my back pain gets worse. I have always had that problem, but it is worse now with my back problems.
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Answer by bluefariebaby86
10 Tips For Pain-Free Sitting:
1) Pick a chair with a flat surface, with a fairly straight back that leans backward at a slight angle.
2) Stand in front of the chair and bend at your hip crease, letting your sitz bones (ischial tuberosities) move way back. (Don’t bend past 90 degrees.)
3) Aim the front of your pelvis towards the chair (We call this the “fig leaf area” – as in where Adam and Eve might place a fig leaf), and sit down.
4) Now lean against the chair back. You should feel your sitz bones underneath you. Resist the tendency to slide forward.
5) Let your belly relax.
6) Let your back relax by dropping your chest. Don’t “sit up”; sit DOWN. This is a rest. There’s no need to work at it.
7) Let your thighs relax and place your ankles underneath your knees. Your feet point in the same direction as your thighs.
Draw each shoulder back and down separately, and then relax the shoulders.
9) Draw your chin in and stretch the back of your neck briefly, then relax and let your face come to a vertical position.
10) Don’t worry about holding any position. It’s all about placing the bones in alignment, and then relaxing. In “Balance” we don’t “hold” any particular position. Just let the chair and your bones support you.
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chrismazz.com – If you have low back pain after sitting long at work, in a car, in a plane, in a lounge chair (hopefully on a beach) or if you have been doing extra cardio on a bike (spinning) or treadmill, try these hip flexor stretches. I get low back pain after only 45- 60 minutes of sitting especially during a car or plane ride and these have helped so much. Try them and see how they can help you! PS After these hip flexors get tight not only can your lower back hurt, but their tightness neurologically robs the glutes creating a greater muscle imbalance (weak butt and over tight quads) and and may contribute to even more problems with body mechanics. This leads to improper stress, wear and pain in knees, hips, ankles, feet, back and more!
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Question by Joe: Is it normal to have 2/3 rolls of fat when sitting and slouching?
I’m 5’7″, thirteen years old and weigh 8.5 stone, or 119 pounds. When I sit and slouch I have 2-3 rolls of fat, and sometimes my stomach goes over by trousers/underwear by like 1-2cm. I wouldn’t say I’m fat, but I’m not one of those skinny freaks whose stomach goes inwards.
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Answer by Guadalupe
no, this is not normal.
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I’ve previously talked about how to get your Shoulders, Arms and Upper Body Posture right and also how to get your Lower Back Posture right. In this video I walk through the different sitting styles and the different positions you can have your legs if sitting on the floor, stool or a chair. I also show some of the different hand postures and how you can place them when meditating. It is not necessary to sit full lotus or half lotus when meditating, you don’t even have to sit on the floor if you don’t want to, or if have knee or hip problems. Alternatively, you can sit on a chair, kneel or lay down. Meditation is a practice of how you keep your mind, not just how you keep your body. That said, mind and body do effect each other so ensuring you have a good posture (no matter what position you choose) does have subtle affects on the meditation and also ensures you don’t unnecessarily develop pain over time. In this video I talk about the different sitting positions you can do, how to put your legs when meditating and also the different ways to keep your hands. Note: while in the video I show how you can use a meditation cushion to support your lower back lumber when sitting on a chair, this isn’t necessary. It may be beneficial to learn to sit without this support so that you can come to know your body and the experience of learning to let the body sit on it’s own without control or support. www.themindfulmoment.com
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A demonstration the gentlest form of my standing yoga sequence… this is playing at double speed, when it was normal speed it looks like it is in slow motion The second time round I have added a couple of slightly more difficult postures if you would like to try•• a more intermediate version – the point ISN’T to do the postures, IT IS to do with the fluidity and central support that arises when you apply ‘the conditions’. My standing sequences are designed to bring the use of the limbs into the core of the body, in order to liberate the spine and breath and develop fluidity in movement and support. I have also found that this particular version is also useful for opening the thoracic curve… behind the heart up to the base of the neck… but you must exhale from the centre (not just the chest) if you are to let the spine free itself up in the ribcage. If you are already open in that area, in every posture, simply enjoy the release that travels through the spine whenever you let the breath go and land on your feet/foot. Please note: **I am offering this for demonstration purposes only, If you wish to try any of my sequences out, you must take full responsibility for your own body if I am not there to guide you in the principles behind the practice. If you are a teacher and you find benefit from any of my sequences, I would of course like to work with you directly so we can explore some of the more important details and principles before elements are incorporated in your …
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Question by Dr. Vargas: Sitting body position bony structure(s) that support our sitting posture?
What is the bony structure that supports our sitting posture?
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Answer by Dan Brown
Pelvis, hips and spine!
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