{"id":88603,"date":"2016-02-28T08:23:13","date_gmt":"2016-02-28T16:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=88603"},"modified":"2016-02-28T08:23:13","modified_gmt":"2016-02-28T16:23:13","slug":"sitting-is-bad-for-your-health-but-corrective-exercises-can-be-just-as-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=88603","title":{"rendered":"SITTING IS BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH, BUT CORRECTIVE EXERCISES CAN BE JUST AS BAD"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alexander Technique teacher Tom Koch writes<\/a>: The Washington Post today has a nicely illustrated look at the health hazards of sitting<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At the bottom you will see some tips from “the experts”. Approach these with caution! Sitting on a large ball as recommended is no guarantee that you will not slump and slouch into the same habitual position as in a chair. And the benefit of any exercise is completely dependent on how you do it<\/strong>, but there are no instructions provided regarding the how, nor are there any warnings regarding the possible hazards of doing them in a harmful way.<\/p>\n

Instructions for how to do exercises are frequently incomplete in that they just assume if you are told what<\/em><\/strong> to do, you will know how<\/em><\/strong> to do it in a healthy, coordinated way. That is really just magical thinking and not at all true. For example, very few people will be able to perform a hip flexor stretch as shown in the article in a way that maintains the easy balance of the torso. While stretching the flexors of the right hip they will unconsciously pull down the left side of the torso, resulting in a tightening of the hip flexors of the left leg<\/strong>. This is like taking one step forward and one step back, resulting in getting nowhere fast!<\/p>\n

It is of course possible to do all the exercises shown in a manner that is not counterproductive. But if you can do that, you probably do not sit in such a counterproductive manner that you need to do the exercises in the first place. Want proof? Book a lesson with me<\/a> and I’ll show you. It’s easier in the long run to prevent the bad sitting than it is to repair the damage it does.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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