Ergonomics in regards to chairs.
Why can t i sit with my feet on the floor.
They can also dangle if the seat is sufficiently high.
Plant your feet on the floor.
It s like they always told you in hockey drills.
If you always need someone to hold down your fly away feet you might just need to shift your body s placement to optimize your joint angle.
The first has one or two of the legs in front of the sitting person.
In the second sitting astride something the legs incline outwards on either side of the body.
Plant your feet and your body will stay strong and upright.
When our feet don t touch the floor we tend to shift a little forward thereby making way for a hunchback.
In other words muscles are stronger when the joint is at a more favorable position palocko says.
The feet can rest on the floor or on a footrest which can keep them vertical horizontal or at an angle in between.
Yes maybe it is your ankles but squatting requires somewhere between 33 and 45 of dorsiflexion which is pulling the toes toward the shin and most people can get that much from their ankles when the knees are flexed.
Place your feet flat on the floor.
Do your feet tend to raise off the floor during sit ups.
Try sitting in about the same position with a yoga block or two or three or whatever you need at the height you can reach with it between your feet heels on one of the long sides and then stay there for 30 seconds or more until you are relaxed in a mild stretch.
To avoid this situation make sure that both your feet are placed comfortably on the floor.
You can adjust your chair in such a manner that your feet don t stay in the air.
I do that too and i ve always assumed it was because i have knee problems and sitting with both feet on the floor for a while will inevitably cause my knees to hurt.
If your feet don t hit the floor properly you could subconsciously be doing it to avoid unwanted strain on your knees see.
I really don t like to sit with my foot flat on the floor.
That s how my feet are most of the time if my feet even touch the floor i m short so sometimes just my toes touch the floor.
If i don t have the bottom of feet turned in than i just have my toes of the floor bouncing one knee yes i m one of those that can t sit still and is bouncing.