Now that we are in between the sunny active summer season and the cold active winter season most of us find ourselves sitting more, catching up on paperwork, reading, doing crafts for Christmas etc. And along with the increased time in sitting, comes that nagging low back, mid-back and neck pain. Why? And what to do about it?
While there are many reasons for back pain while sitting, a common one is the failure to sit on our butts properly. By your butt, I mean your pelvis.
Check out the two sitting postures below along with the skeleton that is mimicking the pelvic position. This fellow’s complaint was neck pain with sitting – note the kink in his neck in the picture with the poor pelvic position compared to the posture of his neck when his pelvis is placed properly beneath him.
A picture is worth a thousand words, isn’t it. There is more information on how to place your pelvis properly when sitting.
Check out the following link http://dianelee.ca/education/article_grippers.php to learn more about how to sit on your butt properly – it all begins with a good squat! Maybe that will be the second blog post – I’ll let you tell me if that is what you’d like to hear about next!
