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Angie B
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Who says it is? And why do you believe them? I've been sitting in the "W" position for 50 years (not continually, mind you, but occasionally) with no ill effects. My advice is to listen to your body: if the position hurts and feels uncomfortable, that's your body saying,"Don't do this." If you are comfortable, it feels good, and you enjoy it then go ahead. (I extend this advice to a variety of other topics and positions...but I digress.) People have a remarkably wide range of different flexabilities, as anyone who has ever had the pleasure of seeing Cirque de Soleil will testify. Mine allows me to sit comfortably in a "W". You are the only one who can detirmine if yours does.
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I'm not sure what the W position is, but I can identify three main reasons why certain sitting positions are socially frowned on: 1. certain sitting positions can distort and warp the bone structure (e.g. Mongols had permanently bowed legs from sitting on horses for long periods. Also, sitting legs tucked under thighs, such as formal Japanese style, causes bowed legs). Naturally such 'distortions' were once very useful to help horsemen and swordsmen keep balance. But today an erect, tall posture is more valued by society, and so the preferred sitting method supports that trend 2. certain positions put undue strain on other parts of the body (e.g. sitting cross-legged, or legs to the side, or slumping, causes lower back curvature and muscle strain). They can reduce blood flow to parts of the body 3. some positions are considered impolite (e.g. for a woman to have the legs spread, or a man to have the legs spread too far, to slouch etc)
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"w" position, or reverse tailor sit, is not possible unless there is an underlying issue of low muscle tone. From an orthopedic standpoint, it places stress on the knees and hips and internally rotates the femur. From a developmental and functional standpoint, it provides stabilization for the trunk and compensates for weak core musculature. It decreases active trunk rotation and crossing of the vertical midline axis of the trunk. Basically, it is a compensatory position that you want to discourage your child from assuming so that they can fully develop postural control (and later fine motor abilities), good respiratory capacity and function, reaching and balance skills, and overall dissociation of shoulders and hips. It is your kid and you can listen as you please, but these are the facts against it.
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I think this is absurd!! I got a letter home today WARNING me of my childs sitting preference... WHO CARES... I mean really, most of the women in my family sit this way and have their entire lives, with NO negative side effects... My RE: to the letter... I am going to schedule a doctors appointment, and orthopedic appointment and any other appointment I have to to show that not only is my child FINE, but 26 years of sitting this way...SO AM I...lol. All these children in school today that cant read, write and do math... well here is the reason why, the teachers are too concerned with how they are sitting...LMAO
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what the hell is sitting in the W position?
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My fetal position was my legs stright up and in the W position. The first time my parents took me home I flipped my legs into the W sitting position. I am now 16 and I still sit like that and I can not sit Indian Style. I have Averted Hips, Internal Femoral Torsion, External Tibial Torsion, and extremly weak mucles. I can not lift my legs if I am laying on my side or my stomach.
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