Proper posture?
in Health ·
Melissa Perez10 said:That wouldn't fly in my board of directors office; actually, it wouldn't happen at all.
I have a few questions, since you're already sitting on one:
1. Is there a lot of weight on your legs? Since the ball is round, I guess there might be a risk that if you sit down loosely and put all your weight on your glutes, you'll just fall.
2. What is the angle of your hips and knees? How big is the ball, and how do you know which size to get?
Actually, I'm sitting on the ball right now while I type this.🙂 I'm rocking side to side to shake off fatigue and stretch out my hips.😍 The ball is the largest one, about 34 inches in diameter; when I sit, my eyes are perfectly level with the monitor. It’s firm, but soft enough that you sink in just a little bit, so it feels stable. My main worry was the cleaning lady—she's about 220 pounds—worrying she might pop the ball if she sits on it, but honestly, she seems too intimidated by it to even try, so it's safe enough.👍
So, regarding question 1: it's stable, you aren't going to fall. Regarding question 2: you set whatever angle you want, because you can move the ball or the chair closer to or further from the desk, so you can adjust your knee angle as needed. Sometimes I like being closer, sometimes further, but in any position, you find yourself naturally stretching or moving your hips and back while you work.
In the end, sitting right in the middle like I am today, you can even do a few Pilates moves without getting up. For example, you can push your glutes and hips forward against the ball, or slowly lie back onto it. You can lean back slowly with your feet staying on the floor for support—keeping them a bit wider for stability—until your head touches the floor. Your back stays on the ball the whole time, essentially rolling your back along the surface. You can roll back and forth over the specific part of your back that hurts, and then slowly push back using your legs and hips to bring your spine back to an upright position.👍
It's basically the perfect chair, or rather, a piece of exercise equipment.
As for people who might give you weird looks, don't worry about them. Your back health matters more. If anyone asks, you can just tell the snobs that this is the latest trend in the corporate world (which it is). You could say that the folks in HR are always trying to stay ahead of trends with new ways of office seating, but that this particular wave of awareness is taking a little longer to reach the mainstream... but it'll get there eventually.😉