Tips for healthy sitting

How you can combat issues through correct sitting

No matter what you do for a living, the likelihood is that you spend a lot of time sitting down, whether in the car, on a plane or at the office. Learning to sit correctly in order to positively impact your physical and mental wellbeing is an important skill.

So, ask yourself the question: how can I minimise the damage caused to my body from excessive sitting? We’ve got a few tips to help you sit more healthily.

01. Learn to sit better

Very few people know how to adopt an efficient sitting posture. Efficient, in this context, means sitting healthily in order to prevent negative impacts on our body. You should stand up at least every half an hour to realign your body posture. Otherwise, we have a tendency to neglect our posture. Find out here how to sit correctly and realign your sitting posture with the help of our 4-point plan.

02. Dynamic sitting pays off

Sitting properly doesn’t mean sitting up stiff and straight at a screen without moving an inch. It’s the opposite, in fact. The reason why most of us struggled to sit still for long periods of time as a child is because the human body is not really designed for sitting. Long, monotonous periods spent sitting are detrimental to our body, fitness and mental wellbeing. It’s therefore high time to get more active and sit dynamically with small movement exercises to break up the imbalance. Give these alternative sitting positions a try to bring movement and dynamism to your monotonous sitting habits.