How much time do you spend at your desk or in a chair during the day? With so many of us in desk jobs and so many people who love the surf the Internet, it is important to remember that there is good sitting posture and poor sitting posture. Your posture has so much to do with your comfort and your health, so make sure that you keep a few tips in mind.

If you ever experience pain while standing up or experience body ache from sitting in particular positions for long periods, now is the time to try something different as well as learn how to sit correctly in a good office chair posture. Here are a few steps for avoiding bad sitting posture that you should keep in mind as well.

Avoid sitting on your tailbone, which is actually the bottom bone of your spine. Sitting on the tailbone for any length of time will cause pain, soreness and stiffness. Always try to sit squarely on your buttocks.

The two bones that should bear the most weight are your sit bones, which are part of your hip bone covered by your butt muscle. They are much better equipped to take on the weight of your body than your tailbone is. Make sure that you are sitting squarely and that you don’t lean too far backwards or too far forward.

You should check where you are holding your shoulders right now while you are reading this article. Are you hunching your shoulders forward? Most likely, you have your shoulders curled forward as you sit at a computer working all day. This causes tension in your shoulders. It will influence the way you look and feel on a regular basis.

You should widen your shoulders and pull them backwards. This may feel a bit strange; however, with practice it will begin to feel normal. You can do some exercises for loosening the rounded shoulders posture and feel much better.

Craning the neck is another posture that happens regularly when you are hunching over to peer at your computer screen. This causes tension and strain at the back of the neck. You can remedy this problem when you reposition the screen of your computer.

If you are using a flat screen computer monitor, that causes you to tuck your chin down in order to read, you need to place the screen up onto a stand. Try to locate your correct neck posture.

Is your lower back rounded? When you are sitting in a hard chair, one that has the back at a stiff 90 degree angle from the seat, you might find that your lower back is rounding back; it is because your entire back wants support and your body is bending forward slightly to get it. Get a good ergonomic chair and make sure that your seat is tilted slightly forward.

These tips may be hard to keep in mind, depending on your levels of strength, flexibility and body awareness. Joining a program centered on body awareness, strength, relaxation and flexibility can help you relieve the pain you feel when using poor sitting postures. Such programs do not take much time at all and they will aid you in finding relieve from the back pain you suffer while improperly sitting.

Take a moment to consider the great benefits you will receive from helping yourself improve posture: freedom from back pain, more energy, better relaxation, and a healthier, longer life! These are so important to your well-being. Just imagine how much better your life would be without all of that tension and pain.