Wish that something like this had been tested when I went to school,instead of me going home every day with a pain in my back!!
Updated: 08:40, Wednesday November 29, 2006
Slouching at your desk is not as bad for your back as first thought, new research suggests.
A study claims that sitting up straight at your desk can do your back more damage.
The tests at Woodend Hospital, in Aberdeen, were carried out on 22 healthy people who have never suffered from back problems.
They were asked to sit in three positions: hunched over a desk or video console; perfectly upright at 90 degrees; and reclining back at 135 degrees with their feet on the floor.
Disc movement, which happens when strain is put on the back, was biggest in the upright position.
The results were studied by experts in in Canada.
Dr Wasim Amir Bashir, of Alberta Hospital, said: “We were not created to sit down for long hours.
“A 135-degree body-thigh sitting position was demonstrated to be the best bio-mechanical sitting position, as opposed to a 90 degree sitting position that most people consider normal.”
