SITTING UP STRAIGHT.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 288, 3 December 1892, Page 3 (Supplement)

SITTING UP STRAIGHT.

Grown people and children are alike inclined bo fall inbo the very bad habit of sliding down into a chair and sitting for hours with the spine bent almosb in a halfcircle. Thab bhis is injurious thousands of people who indulge in ib never so much aa dream, bub bhab ib 13 the cause of many serious ills bhoao who have investigated the subject are well aware. Tbe continual .train upon one aide of bhe spinal column with the corresponding compressions on tha obher, give rise to nervous difficulties and affections of the brain. Dizzinees, nausea, aud blind spells are nob infrequently the result of this practice. While bhe sbricbly uprighb poaibion is undoubbedly bhe mosb healthful, ib seems rabbet* hard work bo persuade bhe young and indolenb bo mainbain ib.

Lazy people, and those who love luxury, have a habit of 'slumping,' so to speak, into their chairs and remaining in a Bemirecumbenb position, with bhe spine as nearly telescoped as may be. Thab portion of bhe human anatomy generally known as bha backbone was ...tended bo be worn in an uprighb position, and bhe conatanb pressure of bhe vertebra, upon each obher is productive of various ills.

Children should be taughb bo sib ereeb, especially if bhey are growing rapidly. When tired, or in a position for rest, lad bhem lie down and entirely remove bhe sbrain from bhe muscles of the back. If youngabers who suffer from dizziness and headache are carefully observed, ib will fraquenbly be noticed thab bheir position is faulty. The curved form of bhe spine results in a pulling of the musclea at the back of tbe neck, and bhe difficulty is quite cer« bain bo be removed by correcbing bhe babi.6 of sitting.