Is crossing your legs often harmful to your health?

Nowadays, in order to be more comfortable when sitting, many people are sitting more and more, and the most common one is crossing their legs. Although this sitting posture feels very comfortable, people who often cross their legs should find that their legs are slightly bent, and some people who are not obvious tend to ignore them. So, what are the bad effects of crossing your legs often?

First, it is not conducive to reproductive health.

When the legs are crossed together and the muscles are in a state of continuous contraction, the heat dissipation in the legs and perineum is reduced, and the heat production is increased, resulting in a local temperature increase. The spermatogenic function of male testis will be weakened at high temperature, which is not conducive to the survival of sperm. After a long time, this will lead to the decline of semen quality and even infertility.

Female genitals are also more likely to breed bacteria in high temperature environment, increasing the risk of gynecological inflammation. In addition, long-term observation and research show that crossing one's legs is one of the main causes of endometriosis.

Second, crossing your legs not only affects the leg shape, but also leads to an increase in blood pressure.

People who cross their legs for a long time will not completely relax their leg muscles. At this time, all nerves and blood pressure will be concentrated in the legs, which is likely to cause muscle deformation in the legs. Sometimes people with O-legs or ugly legs that can be seen in life may also be caused by crossing their legs for a long time.

Crossing your legs also seriously affects blood circulation. Our blood flows from foot to head, then from head to foot, and then through the heart. However, because crossing your legs hinders the normal circulation of this process, it is likely to burden your heart and lead to an increase in blood pressure. If you cross your legs for a long time, it may cause hypertension.

Third, it may cause lumbar disc herniation.

Under normal circumstances, people's spine should be straight, and people who cross their legs for a long time will bend their spine into an S-shape. This is because the human spine will bend because of the posture of crossing one's legs for a long time, which is easy to bend the human spine sideways. Moreover, it will also cause a great burden on the neck and back, that is, it will damage the muscles and ligaments of the back because of excessive pulling for a long time, which is easy to cause lumbar disc herniation.

Fourth, it causes knee pain.

Long-term torsion of knee joint will lead to joint pain and affect function. Crossing your legs will increase the pressure on the internal structure of the knee joint, and the nutrition of the cartilage in the joint will not be replenished in time, which will also accelerate its wear and increase the risk of osteoarthritis.

Fifth, aggravate varicose veins.

When crossing Erlang's leg, the veins on the back of the leg and popliteal fossa are compressed, the venous return is blocked, and the venous pressure is increased, which are all hidden dangers that cause varicose veins of lower limbs.

Therefore, if you feel numbness or pain in the leg muscles, you should immediately put them flat and rub or pat them repeatedly with your hands to relieve fatigue and restore blood flow as soon as possible.

Tips:

If you like to cross your legs, please pay attention to the time, and do not exceed 10 minutes; Maintain a correct sitting posture, get up and move frequently, and alternate your legs. If you can't cross your legs, it may be gluteal muscle contracture, so you must seek medical attention in time.