Navaho Gunleg

In my profession, I have always sat behind a computer — I have never done any work that didn’t involve one.

People always noted my sitting position: I was either hanging backwards in my chair (hey the monitor is at eye-height then, too), or I’m sitting behind a desk at a slight angle (i.e. my face and body is facing the laptop or screen, but the rest of my body is at a 45 degree angle).

When criticising, they would always say things like `that position will haunt you in the future, you’ll have back problems‘. I always responded that this is my most comfortable sitting position and that everyone really ought to sit in a comfortable position. (Which of course, is a different position for each of us.)

Anyway, this morning I was rather amused when I caught this article here about some research into the ‘best’ sitting position.

Apparently, sitting up-right is the position that puts most strain on your spine. It’s always nice to see something confirmed — I’m one of those guys that actually loves to say “I told you so” after being told they’re ‘wrong’…

So there!