Sitting With Crossed Legs: Why It Causes Back Pain & Simple Posture Fixes | Chair Ergonomics

Sitting with the legs crossed is a habit for many of us... but this can cause back pain and neck pain! Your spine will actually take a scoliosis AND slouched shape, which will overload all the tissues: discs, cartilage, muscles, etc.

If you want to fix this daily posture, you first need to understand why you have the habit of crossing your legs. There are different possibilities:
- imitation or some other psychological factor linked to the body language that you are trying to express
- sitting for too long
- sliding in your chair (e.g., because the seat is worn out or because it's slippery e.g., made of leather)
- sitting too high
- resting your shoulder blades on the backrest e.g., because you sit too low
- trying to stretch the piriformis muscle (which is a common cause of sciatica). I'll show you a simple trick to strengthen your adductors (and your lower abs) while sitting at work.

I'll show you how to fix all these factors to correct your posture and improve ergonomics at work! This is relevant whether you're in the office or whether you work from home.

Here's the link to the video that I mention on how to fine tune your sitting posture: https://youtu.be/TOd_e5iZ9tM

The lying down version of the piriformis stretch exercise is explained in detail here: https://youtu.be/PHXmQ8Pt0Nc

A lot of the pain you feel is caused or aggravated by wrong posture, poor ergonomics and a lack of specific exercises for your muscles and joints. Giving you the tools to resolve these issues is the reason why I created this self care channel.

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