is it bad to cross your legs???????????????

Question

i have sat with my legs crossed at the knee probably starting when i was around seven now i am fourty. i cross them every time i sit down, and always with the same leg right over left. eventually after a long period of crossing, my top leg gets numb. i have heard that crossing your legs can cause vein problems, back problems, and hip problems, i dont have any at all, but is this true that it is bad? do you cross your legs also? and are you aware it might be bad?

Answer 1

It will NOT cause problems. A recent issue of Health magazine, I believe, had an article about health myths, and varicose veins and other problems being brought about by crossing one's legs was one of the myths that they debunked.

The numbness you feel is just due to circulation being temporarily restricted/reduced in your leg due to the pressure of it's own weight resting on the bottom leg. Besides, if you've been crossing your legs for roughly 33 years now, with no problems to speak of, clearly you have nothing to worry about. Problems would have shown up long before now, if they were going to.

Answer 2

I even have had 2 hip surgical procedures. each and all the surgeons I even have considered, have pronounced that even people who haven't any hip issues shouldn't go their legs. motives: damaging flow; this could intrude with coronary heart issues and reason soreness in the legs. Hip stability; The hips have a organic aliment. Crossing your legs isn't organic. this could reason positioned on and tear on the joint. returned soreness; could reason decrease returned soreness. The backbone has 3 organic curves and once you take a seat crossed legged some tend to shift their bodyweight taking the backbone out of ailment additionally.

Answer 3

It can cause vein problems, especially as we get older. You may want to change your habit.

Best Wishes,

Sue