

This is often quoted in wellness discussions around posture, and it holds the truest.ĭon’t hold any one posture for extended periods. The discomfort is those muscles trying their damnedest to hold you up despite their weakness. This is expected because you have bad posture, in a word, because the muscles you use to hold yourself up are weak. When you first practise this, it will feel uncomfortable, tiring or sore at the beginning. It may be really hard to do both of these things from a coordination standpoint, but just try to experiment with it till you can activate the muscles to do it.
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This will give you a good basic idea of how to properly sit. Sit on the ‘pointy bony bits in your butt’ ( ischial tuberosities) rather than the ‘flat bony bit at the base of your spine at the top of your butt’ ( coccyx) so your butt isn’t tucked under you, and open your chest up so that the ‘pointy bony bit on the top of your shoulder’ ( acromion) points straight upwards, rather than up and forwards.

The three golden rules of desk sitting Sit on your sitting bones, NOT your tailbone The Chair Forward Fold – Calm and Destress.The Shoulder Shrug – Neck, shoulders and spine.13 effective desk stretches for better mobility.Stretches complement, they don’t correct. Want good sitting posture? Fix your habits.Sit on your sitting bones, NOT your tailbone.
