# @omkar.chincholkar on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CeEUeKnj5XR
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/59790155-omkarchincholkar-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-05-27T16:03:08.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Omkar Chincholkar (@omkar.chincholkar) — https://gondola.cc/omkar.chincholkar

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If you have been sitting slouched or laying on your bed with improper posture, a gentle reminder to correct it and then read ahead 👇🏻

Sitting is super comfortable and relaxing  after a long day of work, or intense physical activity. One does not think about standing up straight or focusing on posture, these thoughts become alien to us and we subconsciously lay down on our chairs or bean bags. The reason behind saying laying down on the chair instead of sitting is because a lot of people completely ignore the purpose of the back rest provided to a chair, it is treated as a pillow and one's lower back rounds up when sitting in this comforting posture.

❓ What goes wrong in sitting?
Our lower back has a natural curvature, termed as lordotic curve. This curvature is bent towards your belly region if someone observes an x-ray of the spine. Due to proloned sitting and rounding the lower back, we start losing this curvature and this is termed as loss of lordosis or 'lumbago'.

❌ How to avoid this?
1️⃣ In order to avoid muscles of the lower back to go under spasm and become stiff, we need to strengthen our back muscles and maintain correct posture.
2️⃣ Take frequent breaks (every 45-60 mins ideally) and perform some mobility routine (can be as simple as trunk twists and some leg swings) to ensure blood flow is being regulated to the lower limbs
3️⃣ While sitting, your hip should ideally rest at the inner most position of the seat of your chair and the lower back should gain support from the back rest
4️⃣ Exercise, move and eat healthy to gain optimal fitness to improve quality of life. We just don't want to prevent lower back pain, but also live a fit and active life 🏃🏋️⛹️

Hope you have been sitting in an upright posture now with your back erect. Since you've already read it this far, I'll request you to perform some mobility drills if you haven't performed them in a while 😁

Your lifestyle coach
Omkar

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