Published on June 3rd, 2019
We spend the majority of our working hours sitting, yet, we don’t know how to sit. Leon Straker, a professor of physiotherapy at Curtin University, reveals how you should sit when upright, reclined or leaning forward.
1. There Is No One “Good” Posture
Many people think there is one “good” posture. But actually, there isn’t just one way of sitting. Different ways of sitting will place different physical stresses on our bodies, and variety is good.
2. Upright Sitting Is Useful For Common Office Tasks
Upright Sitting is useful for common office tasks such as working on a desktop computer. The defining feature of this option is that the trunk is upright. A key component of upright sitting is that the feet can comfortably rest on a surface, whether the floor or a footstool.
3. Forward Sitting
You can use this posture to provide variety in sitting. This posture is useful for tasks such as drawing or handwriting on a flat work surface, either with paper or a touch screen device.
4. Reclining Sitting
The defining feature of the third option is the trunk is angled backward, supported by the chair’s backrest.This posture is useful for meetings and phone conversations. But it doesn’t work well for handwriting or using a computer.
How To Sit: Few Tips
- Look for ways to reduce the total amount of time you spend sitting.
- Break up long periods of sitting with movement.
- Vary your sitting posture using the three options outlined above
- There is no one good posture, but any posture held for a long period of time becomes a bad posture.
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