Have you ever thought that sitting with your legs crossed might affect you? Is it a bad posture or it affects you physically or in some other way? It depends on how long and how often you do it. You atleast cross your legs once while working on your desk, talking to someone while sitting on chair, while travelling in public transport etc. without even realizing it. 70% of people sit with left leg crossed over the right. But is it really any unhealthy exercise which one should avoid? This is not entirely true but it may have some negative consequences. Experts say that sitting with crossed legs for a long time raises blood pressure, causes nerve and back pain or nerve damage or may link to spider or varicose veins.
No doubt if you sit with same posture for a long time your leg or feet can go numb. And sitting with your legs crossed can create pressure on peroneal nerve behind the knee and may lead to sensations in the feet. Also when you are sitting with crossed legs your blood pressure raises because the blood has to pumped back to the heart against the gravity but sitting in this posture the blood flow decreases. As a result of which your body has to raise your blood pressure to pump your blood back to the heart. So crossing the legs does cause a temporary rise in blood pressure. So if you are planning to sit for a long time, don’t cross your legs.
Frequent crossing of the legs puts stress on the hip joints and cause imbalances in pelvis bones which is the base support for your spine. And as a result putting pressure on spine, leads to cause back pain and neck pain later. And the longer you sit with your crossed legs, the more pressure you put on your spine which results in a major issue. So Vivian Eisenstaedt, an orthopedic physical therapist suggests to sit with your knees and ankles at 90 degrees with your pelvis balanced whenever possible.
Crossing your legs not only affect on your blood pressure or spine but it also affects on nerves and veins in your legs and feet. As we know, the sciatic nerve is the largest in the human body and stretches from the lower back right down to our feet. One branch of the sciatic nerve is the peroneal nerve. Any pressure on this such as leg crossing can cause numbness and temporary paralysis of some of the muscles in your foot and leg, preventing you from being able to raise your ankle - what we know as that “pins and needles” sensation. So it is advised not to make it a habit to sit with crossed legs.
As we know that veins are the only medium to circulate blood all over the body. And also from legs to the heart. So when u sit crossed leg for long the pressure of one leg on the top of the other prevents your blood flow, which can weaken or damage the veins in your legs. If the veins get damaged, the blood can come out from them and collect somewhere in legs, causing spider veins or varicose veins. So don’t sit crossed log for too long take a break and walk a little bit to avoid this.
Last but not the least sitting with crossed legs sends a wrong message when you are in a meeting. It indicates an unwelcoming attitude from your side. And body language always speaks more than that what you are actually saying. So crossed legs may be bad sometimes.
No doubt if you sit with same posture for a long time your leg or feet can go numb. And sitting with your legs crossed can create pressure on peroneal nerve behind the knee and may lead to sensations in the feet. Also when you are sitting with crossed legs your blood pressure raises because the blood has to pumped back to the heart against the gravity but sitting in this posture the blood flow decreases. As a result of which your body has to raise your blood pressure to pump your blood back to the heart. So crossing the legs does cause a temporary rise in blood pressure. So if you are planning to sit for a long time, don’t cross your legs.
Frequent crossing of the legs puts stress on the hip joints and cause imbalances in pelvis bones which is the base support for your spine. And as a result putting pressure on spine, leads to cause back pain and neck pain later. And the longer you sit with your crossed legs, the more pressure you put on your spine which results in a major issue. So Vivian Eisenstaedt, an orthopedic physical therapist suggests to sit with your knees and ankles at 90 degrees with your pelvis balanced whenever possible.
Crossing your legs not only affect on your blood pressure or spine but it also affects on nerves and veins in your legs and feet. As we know, the sciatic nerve is the largest in the human body and stretches from the lower back right down to our feet. One branch of the sciatic nerve is the peroneal nerve. Any pressure on this such as leg crossing can cause numbness and temporary paralysis of some of the muscles in your foot and leg, preventing you from being able to raise your ankle - what we know as that “pins and needles” sensation. So it is advised not to make it a habit to sit with crossed legs.
As we know that veins are the only medium to circulate blood all over the body. And also from legs to the heart. So when u sit crossed leg for long the pressure of one leg on the top of the other prevents your blood flow, which can weaken or damage the veins in your legs. If the veins get damaged, the blood can come out from them and collect somewhere in legs, causing spider veins or varicose veins. So don’t sit crossed log for too long take a break and walk a little bit to avoid this.
Last but not the least sitting with crossed legs sends a wrong message when you are in a meeting. It indicates an unwelcoming attitude from your side. And body language always speaks more than that what you are actually saying. So crossed legs may be bad sometimes.
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