Sit up straight on the ball with your legs out in front of you.
Best size stability ball for sitting at desk.
In the short term sitting for long periods can also increase muscle tightness particularly in your hip flexors.
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You should be able to sit with your knees at a right angle and your thighs parallel to the ground.
This can affect your balance walking gait and overall posture.
Widen your feet to increase your stability while sitting on the ball.
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More and more desk workers are defying their sluggish professional existence by using a stability ball as an office chair in student dorms and at home work stations.
Incorrect arm positioning while sitting on the ball at your desk may cause shoulder and arm pain.
An exercise ball when size properly makes for an active chair when sitting at a desk.
Because the ball will deflate when you sit on it choose a ball that has a diameter which is 4 inches 10 cm larger than the height of the chair you are replacing.
And yet spending hours in a chair can do that.
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They should be at a 90 degree angle to your thighs and parallel to the ball.
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So what size exercise ball for sitting at desk.
Get a 26 inch 65 cm ball if you plan to use it in place of an office chair and your desk height is between 29 and 30 inches 74 to 76 cm.
A stability ball offers a more active way of sitting behind your desk over the totally passive way we generally sit during an already immobile desk job.
According to the university of minnesota extension you should use a bigger sized exercise ball.
But there s a solution.
So while for exercising purposes you would use a 45 cm ball if you are 5 feet tall for sitting at a desk you should use a 55 cm exercise ball.
This will give you added stability while learning to use the ball.
But replacing your desk chair with a stability ball isn t the best solution either says samuel chan physical therapist at bespoke treatments in new york.
If you are sitting on the correct size ball and your elbows don t rest on the desk you may need to adjust your desk height.
At first you can place your calves in front of you so that they are touching the ball.
A 2009 study found that after only an hour of sitting on a yoga ball at a desk.