THE NINETY DEGREE FAIRYTALE
Sit upright, sit still – that used to be the „general rule“ applied not only to school children. To this day, sitting with your upper torso vertically and your thighs horizontally is considered „correct”. All it takes is a simple look at the human spinal column to prove this wrong.The natural shape of the spinal column, the lordosis (an inner curvature) of the lumbar vertebrae will turn into a kyphosis (an outer curvature) if someone regularly takes the a.m. sitting position. This will prove fatal: The discs will suffer an extreme pressure and will be damaged in the long run. So it is high time to abolish the fairytale of the ninety degree angle of the hip bone – at the same time doing away with the chronic back pain suffered by so many people.