SITTING IN A RECLINING POSITION WITH A SLIGHTLY ROUNDED BACK
MOST NOTICEABLY REDUCES LOADING IN THE SPINAL COLUMN!
- Research conducted by
- Independent Lecturer Dr.H-J.Wilke, University of Ulm
- The aim
- To determine the pressure in the intervertebral disc in different postures by the simulation of a very wide variety of people’s working activities.
- The trial
- A measurement probe was inserted into the intervertebral disc of a living human being. The subject carried out different exercises and took up different sitting positions, and at each of these the pressure in the intervertebral disc was measured.
The result : When sitting in the hollow back posture the pressure in the intervertebral disc is higher than when seated in a reclining position in a convex back posture.
From this it follows that: Sitting comfortably in a reclining position with a slightly rounded back most noticeably reduces loading in the spinal column.
