In our daily lives, many people don’t care about how they sit. They sit however comfortable they think they are. In fact, this is not the case. Proper sitting posture is very important for our daily work and life, and it affects our physical condition in a subtle way. Are you a sedentary person? For example, office clerks, editors, accountants and other office workers who need to sit for a long time cannot escape sitting for a long time. If you spend a lot of time sitting and not moving, you can develop a lot of discomfort over time. Sitting improperly for a long time can lead to illness in addition to looking lethargic.
Nowadays, sedentary life has become the daily portrayal of modern people, except sleeping and lying down for 8 hours or less, the rest of the 16 hours sitting almost all. So what are the dangers of sitting for long periods of time, coupled with poor posture?
1.Cause lumbar acid shoulder pain
Office Workers, who working at the computer for a long time, is usually sitting for using a computer , and computer operation is highly repetitive, most focused on the keyboard and mouse operation, long-term in this case, easy to cause lumbar acid shoulder pain, also prone to local skeletal muscle fatigue and burden, fatigue, soreness, numbness and even stiff. Sometimes also easy to cause a variety of complications. Such as arthritis, tendon inflammation and so on.
2.Get fat get lazy get sick
The age of science and technology has changed people’s life pattern from working mode to sedentary mode. Sitting for a long time and not sitting properly will make a person become fat and lazy, and lacking of exercise will lead to body pain, especially back pain, which will spread to the neck, back and lumbar spine over time. It also increases the risk of heart disease, diabetes and cancer, as well as negative emotions such as depression.
Correct sitting posture can keep away from the suffering of illness. Today, let’s talk about how to sit correctly for office workers.
1.Choose scientific and reasonable office chairs
Before you can sit properly, you must first have the “right chair,” with height adjustment and back adjustment, with rollers to move, and armrest to rest and flatten your arms. The “right chair” could also be called an ergonomic chair.
People’s height and figure is different, general office chair with fixed size, can not vary from person to person free adjustment, so need a office chair which can be adjusted a suitable height for them. Office chair with moderate height, chair and desk with distance coordination, that is important for having a good sitting posture.
Pictures are from GDHERO(office chair manufacturer) website: https://www.gdheroffice.com
2. Adjust your non-standard sitting posture
The sitting position of office workers is very important, don’t keep a posture for a long time, it is not only bad for cervical vertebra, but also bad for various organs of the body. The following slouches, the head leaning forward, and the centralised sitting are not the norm.
Research shows that when angle between the line of sight and the earth’s core is 115 degrees , spinal muscles relax the most, so people should adjust the suitable height between the computer monitors and office chair, the better the office chair have supportive back and armrest, and can be adjusted the height when you are working, You should keep the neck upright, give the head support, two shoulders natural prolapse, upper arm close to the body, elbows bent at 90 degrees; When using the keyboard or mouse, the wrist should be relaxed as far as possible, keep the horizontal posture, the middle line of the palm and the middle line of the forearm in a straight line; Keep your waist straight, knees naturally bent at 90 degrees, and feet on the ground.
3.Avoid sitting for long periods of time
Sitting at the computer for a long time , especially often lowering the head, the harm to the spine is bigger, when work an hour or so, looked up at the afar a few minutes, relieve eye fatigue, which can alleviate the problem such as vision loss, and also can stand up to the bathroom, or walking down for a glass of water, or do some small movement, pat on the shoulder, the rotation the waist, kick leg bend waist, they can eliminate tired feeling and also be helpful for the health care of spine.
Post time: Dec-21-2021