Why Sit Up Straight.doc

Why Sit Up Straight? 为什么要保持良好的坐姿？ Stop for a second and notice the way you are sitting. Back curved, shoulders slumped, maybe legs crossed? For people who spend the day staring at a computer screen, this position is fairly typical. But what is it doing to your spine, if anything? Do we need to sit up straight to focus, like that mean math teacher once insisted? Heres some straight talk from one expert, Mladen Golubic, medical director for the Center for Lifestyle Medicine at Cleveland Clinics Wellness Institute. 停下手里的事情，注意一下你的坐姿吧！驼背、缩肩，说不定还翘着二郎腿？对于整天盯着电脑屏幕的人来说，这个姿势相当典型。然而，如果这种坐姿会伤害你的脊柱呢？另外，我们真的必须坐直了才能集中精力吗，就像小时候严厉的数学老师要求的那样？克里夫兰诊所健康协会(Cleveland Clinics Wellness Institute)生活方式医疗中心(Center for Lifestyle Medicine)的医学主任穆雷登?戈卢比奇(Mladen Golubic)就坐姿问题畅谈了自己的看法。 Degrees of Comfort 舒适的坐姿角度 Little research has been done on the best way to sit upright. One American meta study in 1999 concluded that sitting at an angle of 110 to 130 degrees was optimal for spine comfort. A Scottish study published in 2007 found that leaning back at 135 degrees is ideal to prevent back strain. While interesting, this sort of precision may be impractical for most people, Dr. Golubic says. 至今，围绕最佳坐姿的研究仍寥寥可数。美国的一项于1999年进行的整合分析研究指出，身体躯干和大腿呈100度至130度角的坐姿最能令脊柱放松。苏格兰的一项于2007年发表了论文的研究发现，角度为135度的后仰坐姿对防止背部酸痛最为有利。戈卢比奇博士表示，虽然这些研究令人颇感兴趣，但对于大多数人来讲，如此精确地拿捏坐姿角度或许并不可行。 Sitting to Death? 久坐伤身 His clinic sees patients with multiple chronic illnesses. Nearly all of them sit for long periods each day. The term Sedentary Death Syndrome was coined by the Presidents Council on Physical Fitness and Sports in 2002 to address the growing consequences of a seated lifestyle. There are studies on Sedentary Death Syndrome that show that sitting for hours can cause anything from lower back pain to high cholesterol, diabetes and obesity, he says. In other words, no matter what position youre sitting in all day, it is pretty bad for you. 克里夫兰诊所治疗过患有多种慢性疾病的病人。几乎所有这类患者都是每天久坐不动。2002年，美国总统健康及运动委员会(Presidents Council on Physical Fitne