modern women love to cross their legs. However, when sitting cross legged, it is easy to bend down and hunch, resulting in uneven pressure distribution between the lumbar spine and thoracic spine. In the long run, it is bound to compress the spinal nerve and cause lower back pain. According to the person in charge of the vein treatment center in New York City, warping the legs will also hinder the blood circulation of the legs and cause varicose veins in the legs. In severe cases, there are often poor venous reflux, sudden blue tendons, ulcers, phlebitis, bleeding and other diseases. Navarro found that half of American women over the age of 35 who like to cross their legs suffer from varicose veins to varying degrees, and the other half often feel all kinds of discomfort in their legs. Experts warn office workers and beauty loving women to sit and change the bad habit of crossing their legs.
why everyone likes to cross legs
from a medical point of view, when people sit down, cross legs can adjust the center of gravity of the human body and make people more stable when sitting; Secondly, crossing the legs can temporarily relieve the lower limb and plantar muscles, so that the muscle groups can be temporarily relaxed. In addition, cross legged looks more natural and stylish, so many men like to cross legged when sitting.
many girls also like to cross their legs. Lu Yu was criticized as impolite by Peng Lin, a professor at Tsinghua University, for crossing his legs in his program. However, men and women, in addition to etiquette, this crossing of legs is also easy to cause many health risks ~
What effect does crossing your legs have on you?
let’s see what happens to all parts of the body when we subconsciously start such a relaxation action (serious face. JPG).
first of all, when crossing two legs, it changes the weight that can be carried by two legs into one leg, which increases the pressure that the spine needs to cooperate with one foot to maintain body balance, resulting in spinal distortion. As shown in the figure below:
over time, it is easy to cause uneven distribution of pressure on the lumbar spine and thoracic spine and spinal deformation, which will induce lumbar disc herniation.
when crossing the legs, the pelvis and hip joints are easy to ache due to long-term compression, and bone lesions or muscle strain may occur after a long time. When crossing two legs, the padded knee is compressed, which is easy to affect the blood circulation of lower limbs. If you keep your legs in a position for a long time, it is easy to be numb. If the blood circulation is blocked again, it is likely to cause varicose veins or thrombosis in the legs. A survey found that among American women over the age of 35 who like to cross their legs, half suffer from varicose veins of varying degrees, and the other half often feel various discomfort in their legs. Elderly people with hypertension, diabetes and heart disease will also aggravate their condition long time.
it is best not to cross your legs for more than 10 minutes. When you feel numbness or pain in your legs, you should immediately put them flat and rub or pat them repeatedly with both hands to alleviate fatigue and restore smooth blood as soon as possible. If you feel low back pain, you can stretch or expand your chest for two minutes, turn your cervical spine left and right, or rest in a chair.
some netizens said, I just can’t control how to cross my legs?
can’t help but cross your legs. What should I do?
for friends who sit for a long time, experts do not recommend crossing their legs. If they are used to it, they suggest crossing their legs and not leaning too tightly. At the same time, their legs often move alternately.
if you want to change the habit of crossing your legs, when you want to cross your legs, get up and walk, and slowly change it. When sitting, you can shake your feet as soon as you open and close, so as to make the blood flow in your body. At a certain time, don’t shake. Pay attention to the correct posture of the whole body when sitting, and relax to let the blood flow naturally.
it seems that it’s time for you to get up and move! Xiaobian gives you a correct demonstration of the office family!
So what is the cause of pelvic irregularity?
modern people sit and lie for a long time, habitually cross their legs and other bad postures.
more and more women who love beauty love high heels too much. They always feel that they are beautiful on formal occasions or in daily life.
lack of exercise, drive to and from work, go to the unit and sit still for another day. The muscles of the whole body have lost normal energy, the elasticity is weakened, the tendons are loose and can not pull the bones, so the skeleton of the whole body has been displaced.
too much exercise will also lead to pelvic irregularity. At present, all kinds of yoga classes and gyms, but too much exercise will also accelerate the process of musculoskeletal strain of the whole body.
then the problem comes. How should we prevent and treat pelvic irregularity in life?
how can we prevent pelvic irregularity in our life? The following