Can’t Get Comfortable In Your Chair? Here’s What You Can Do
I have preached for years that most chairs are not made for humans! Sofas, loveseats, car seats, airplane seats, all of them. I don’t know what species they design them for, but they are clearly not for humans. The perfect chair is one that supports your lordotic curve in the lumbar region. YOUR lordotic curve, not the “average person with the average height and size”. The perfect chair is one that makes it easy for you to elongate the spine while you’re sitting. That means that it allows you to easily lift your sternum/chest up and gently let your chin come in toward your neck. Also, the perfect chair doesn’t push into your hamstrings – it allows your legs to be a bit lower than your pelvis. In this picture, Jean Couch (that’s her real name), demonstrates sitting at the edge of the seat to enable better posture. Some say it’s best to push your bum all the way to the back of the chair and have a small pillow or sweatshirt or something in the lumbar area. That’s what I do. However, I realize that a person that is shorter than me might be uncomfortable if their legs don’t reach the floor from that position. It’s an individual thing. The bottom line is that the spine loves length. And your spinal curves (and the muscles around them) don’t like having to conform to an unnatural position. In other words, they don’t like most chairs and sofas, etc. What do you do to sit in a comfortable, aligned position?
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/09/24/649169060/cant-get-comfortable-in-your-chair-heres-what-you-can-do?
