- Sit so you're well supported - avoid spending prolonged periods on soft couches or bean bags.
- Change your position regularly - if you're watching for long periods, take turns sitting on the couch, chair, or floor.
- Use a lumbar roll, or rolled towel, behind your lower back (about belt line) to provide support whilst sitting.
- "Half positions" can be worst on your neck and back - avoid sitting with your low back unsupported or lying with your head crooked up on one side.
- Position your TV well - try to have the set directly in front of you, at mid vision height.
- Stretch - use commercial breaks to change positions and do gentle stretches.
- Keep yourself physically active - have a break from viewing and walk to the local shops or continue with your exercise routine.
- Be inspired by the athletes - remember to eat and sleep well.
- If you experience pain while sitting, you need to change positions or get moving.
Disclaimer Physiotherapy and you articles are provided for general information only and should in no way be considered as a substitute for the advice and information your physiotherapist will supply about your particular condition. While every effort has been made to ensure that the information is accurate, the Australian Physiotherapy Association and the authors and the editors of the articles in this magazine and on this web site accept no responsibility and cannot guarantee the consequences if patients choose to rely upon these contents as their sole source of information about a condition and its rehabilitation.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 27 August 2008 12:16 )
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