Wrong Sitting Habits You Should Avoid

A posture is defined as the position that we hold our body with while standing or sitting. Many people suffer from incorrect posture in their day to day life. Because of incorrect posture their bones are affected. Their muscles are affected and more internal organ also get affected. These postural defects can cause many problems.

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One should be mindful about a good posture, when a posture is such which is out of alignment then it will give undue pressure on various organs,bspecially your spine and muscles and this would interrupt your daily activities. Tthis would even increase fatigue in your body. Poor posture can lead to multipe issues including

a) Joint or muscle pain

b) Neck head or backstress

c) Possible loss of balance

There are some common incorrect way in which people sit which you should watch and avoid them in your day to day living.

1. Hunchback

That causes prominent curve to your upper back. It often puts pain on your chest because of this posture and it also effects your lungs and this can lead to a breathing issue in long run. This is one of the most identified common problem which you see in middle age or in old age.

Mindfully sitting with straight back and relaxed shoulder would help correcting this issue. Another movement which people hould do is stand, interlock the fingers behind and stretch them backwards and this also is a beautiful exercise, such movement contracts the muscles at the back and expands the chest.

2. Sway Back

This refers to a position where the pelvic region is forward and the back is behind like you are resting like this and that is a very bad position. You should know that here your spine also gets pressed. You should know that your kidney also is getting affected and so this is a very wrong position to sit,this position actually exaggerates the curve of your lower back. This can cause major pain in your lower back region, causing pain and strain in that region.

Sitting in a chair for a long time, sitting casually on a couch and recklessly lounging at home in such incorrect posture is going to cause tremendous amount of pain. Actually we have become habitual in taking such a position at home. One must be careful about his position at all times by maintaining a right posture and this would add to a properspine alignment.

3. Ducks Butt

This refers to a posture when the butts seem jutted out and the stomach is turned in. I have seen people standing in this position for a long time and that causes trememdous amount of pain in the glutes and lower back muscles. So now what should be done, stretching and strenghthening exercise can release some pain. That would make the muscles stronger and help regain overall balance.

One can stand with their back against the wall and stretch by standing on your toe, move your hands upwards and outwards, regular practice of this really help in regaining better posture.

4. Leaning on One Side

Leaning on the chair or over the cars armrest or taking support on the desk can lead excessive pressure on neck and shoulders. It disrupts the alignment of the spine and add strain on all the sides of our body. I have seen people lean on one side and put one leg over other. Now here this position is bad in any case for shoulder and neck its even bad for your knee muscles. This crossing legs like this is wrong.

You should first sit straight and you can fold the leg in this position. So try and see that you don't lean on sides even with the help of your legs here and there, but see that your spine is straight in proper alignment. Now what you should do is do some shrugs, upper body stretches, upper body rotations neck rotations, this would really help and give you good relief.

5. Bent Neck

When the neck is bent like this, your ears are not aligned vertically with your body. A correct posture would be when your ear and shoulder are in stick line with your whole body. This ensures that there is minimal to no strain on your upper body. Bent neck happens when you lean forward to do any activites.

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Majorly while using the mobile phone, we tend to bend our neck forward while using mobile and this condition is technically called as text-neck. The other causes are namely slouching on the computer, texting a lot or driving while seeking a balance from the steering wheel.

So while working, do little neck rotation. Neck going to the side and a little rotation would help a person to relieve stress in that area and this would also help in retaining the alignment. Another practice is placing palm in front of your forehead and placing it firmly and then trying to push palm with your head in front. So then try and see that hands are firmly kept but head is trying to push palm. So this exercise would help strenghthening your neck muscles very well.

There are other few wrong postures which should not be done for a long period and there are, one is beak chin, another is military straight posture, third wriggling phone between shoulder and ear or even the uneven shoulder or hip.

Such postures when done regularly for a longer period may definitely disturb the alignment of your spine. So now we should aware, so staying active, staying in proper alignment with yur posture is most important. Try to do it correctly, become aware of your posture, become aware of your activities and remain in active, cheerful and happy.