Comment from Ronaldo
I just went to the doctor to help with my back pain.What you want to do is lay flat on your back on the floor, lift your leg [bend it] and have your knee aim towrads your face, and have your nose touch your knee. But keep your back straight and flat. Count to three, and do this again five times. This should keep your spine in line. Once when you wake up and before you go to bed. :] Hope this helps.
to top ^Comment from Akashay
Interesting conversation. I pesronally do notice that the less I sit the much, much better I feel in my low back, hip flexors and hamstrings even if all I do the rest of the time is lay in bed pretty much statically with my knees bent in a fetal position.The problem imo with sitting in a chair is not that the legs are bent and the thighs are in a shortened position. The problem is they are in this position while tensing and pulling inward. The problem is the 90 degree sitting position which is unnatural. Squatting does the opposite and totally frees up the hip flexors deeply. Feel the squatting position compared to sitting. One is a completely at rest position and the other is a tug of war between the back and thighs. No doubt the compression as well causes lots of problems. Stretching the hip flexors won't fix it either, only avoiding the position that causes unnatural muscle tension will.Most studies if not all do show that sitting is uniquely very bad for your health (which no amount of exercise can influence for the better). And i bet a lot of it has to do with compression and tension inherent in the 90 degree angle that doesn't allow the body to function properly whether its disrupting natural body mechanics or causing fats in the blood to become stagnant/lipase shut off.
to top ^Comment from Kirsten
Sonia! Super post, as usual. The giving yoeruslf time thing really resonates with me. It's hard to tell how long things are going to take. There's no set answer there so the worry phase, before you get results, can be pretty immobilizing. Knowing it's going to take time and giving yoeruslf that gap definitely helps tremendously on an emotional level. Hell, it might be the difference between you jumping out of a window and not! LOL! Great post.
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