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Best Sitting Posture Is Not Straight Up
An anonymous reader writes, "Researchers at Woodend Hospital in Aberdeen, Scotland used a new form of magnetic resonance imaging to collect images from 22 healthy volunteers, who assumed three different sitting positions: slouching posture in which the body is hunched forward, an upright 90-degree sitting position, and a relaxed position where the subject reclined backward 135 degrees. They concluded that the reclined position is the best, and the forward slouch the worst." From the article: "'We were not created to sit down for long hours, but somehow modern life requires the vast majority of the global population to work in a seated position,' Dr. Bashir said. 'This made our search for the optimal sitting position all the more important.'"
Or did you start to slouch the moment you read this?
To everyone who has ever criticized my working posture: IN YOUR FACE BITCHES!!!
I now return you to your regularly scheduled slouching.
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From my anecdotal experience with video games, I can definitely say that my performance is much better when I am leaning forward than when I am reclining -- though this may also have something to do with distance from the monitor, etc.
I believe this would have something to do with leaning forward being a more 'aggressive' stance.
"No doubt one may quote history to support any cause, as the devil quotes scripture." - Learned Hand
So basically what this study is saying is that by leaning back, putting my feet up on my computer, and moving my keyboard to my lap, I'm not only the most laid-back free-thinking rebel at the office, I'm also the most health-conscious? My boss will be glad to hear it!
Sitting upright -> better
Sitting in 135 degrees -> healthy
Sitting in 180 degrees -> wow, that feels great!
So basically they've found out that the more you incline backward the less you put preassure on your body. Very impressive. Too bad we can't lay down and work at the same time.
.. this 135 posture is so relaxing. I cn typ relly well.z.z.zzzzzzz
On knees under my desk
My secretary says both work great for her.
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then your neck ends up bending forward and holding up the weight of your head
That is why I, as well as millions of my fellow americans, are doing everything we can to be the fattest people on earth. We're simply trying to increase our body mass index to the point where our necks are irrelevant and our shoulders and fat rolls can hold our heads up while we stare into our computers.
You can't legislate goodness. Let each to his own destiny, by will of his freely made choices.
That's what you get for LMAOing so much.
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