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So must be confused with the title. As we all had so many advices from our parents and grandmas to sit straight at 90 degrees but according to many studies that have been carried out over the years showing that Sitting upright can cause unduw pressure to your spines and can cause variety of back problems.

Thirty years ago, scientists first showed this by inserting needles into the backs of volunteers and measuring the amount of pressure created by various seating positions. They found that a reclining position was ideal, placing the least strain on the back and minimizing pressure that could lead to back problems. Since then, multiple studies have confirmed that finding.

In a study that used new magnetic resonance imaging machines that allow people to sit instead of lie down, a team of researchers at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland looked at 22 volunteers who sat in three positions. The first two positions, sitting upright and sitting with the body hunched forward, produced the greatest spinal disk movement, causing the internal disk material to misalign. The third position, in which the subjects reclined at a 135-degree angle with their feet planted on the floor, created the least strain.

So what is the best position for your lower back? Answer is any position in which a person leans back, opening the angle between the things and the back, is preferable to sitting up straight.