2018年9月18日 · While sitting with your legs crossed won’t hurt your baby, it may contribute to ankle swelling or leg cramps. If you find your ankles swelling or your legs cramping, try sitting with both...

Sitting with crossed legs or crossed ankles can make it even harder for your blood to keep flowing. These positions can strain your circulatory system and damage your veins. The good news is that crossing your legs or ankles is simply a bad habit and behavior can be …

2013年3月25日 · Almost everyone crosses their legs, whether it’s conscious or unconscious, for custom, for comfort, for effect, to stop your legs splaying, to take pressure off a foot, or for no reason at all....

2023年3月24日 · There are typically two ways to sit in a chair and cross your legs, one is at the knee and the other is at the ankle. But as comfy as it may be to sit with your legs crossed, is it bad for your health and posture? Let's take a look at the evidence.

2015年10月14日 · Crossing legs at the ankles doesn't cause a rise in blood pressure, but it can at the knee (Credit: iStock) In order to establish which of these explanations was the most likely, a...

2024年6月8日 · If you notice you're sitting in the wrong posture, make changes crossing your legs at the ankles with the feet on the floor. This way, your pelvis and the entire spine is in a neutral position. There's also no negative tension on the ligaments, joints, and discs.

2023年2月20日 · Whether you like to sit “criss-cross applesauce” (on the ground with your ankles under your knees), cross your legs at the knees or ankles, or sit with your feet flat on the ground, it doesn’t matter. Our physical therapists routinely tell patients: All sitting styles are perfectly fine.

2024年9月15日 · Crossing your legs at the ankles is typically a little better than crossing them at your knees or having an ankle over a knee because it doesn’t cause as much pressure on the hips and...

2015年10月19日 · Several studies in the past have claimed that sitting with your legs crossed can be harmful to your health — from raising your blood pressure and causing varicose veins to disrupting blood circulation in your legs.

Crossing your legs can compress leg veins, artificially raising your blood pressure reading and causing temporary spikes that may not reflect your true baseline levels. This can lead to inaccurate measurements and potentially affect your initial diagnosis and healthcare decisions.