Ideal Seating Posture
What’s the Ideal Sitting Posture?
The ideal seating position for a good posture should be one that works for you, your body type and body mechanics including workload!
Having to sit more than 30 minutes at one time could impact your body at many levels including spine, pelvis, shoulders, and head positions.
To learn about your personalized posture, consider attending a thorough Physiotherapy assessment that will reveal your needs at the deeper level.
At Eglinton Physiotherapy Clinic we are offering this assessments and solutions for your improved mechanically appropriate posture.
The following steps are to be considered when thinking of your seating position:
How to take the load off your lumbar spine: place a block of 3 and half inches under your feet. This helps decrease tension in your lumbar area.
Load Distribution: Ensure your hips and pelvis are higher than your knees by elevating the seat 15 to 20 degrees.
Pelvis Stability: You can have your hips higher by adding a yoga block under your pelvis to improve pelvis support.
Off load Lumbar Spine: Enjoy a good quality lumbar support, by placing a roll behind the lower back for medium density lumbar support.
Additional Trunk Support: Place a folded towel or yoga block at “bra strap level” or below your shoulder blades when planning to sit for longer than 1 hour.
Upper Shoulders Off Loading Strategy: Release the tension from your shoulder by using the forearm rest or a long roll.
Support your Wrists: Use a wrist pad under your mouse when using the computer.
Happy Smart Seating… for a short period of time of 30 minutes then stand up and march in place with deep abdominal breathing movements.