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Co-worker with weird posture...

Is he near sighted? People learn forward when they are near sighted, back when they are far sighted.

You should see my dad try to read a newspaper. It's hilarious. He could read that damn thing if only he had 10 foot arms 😀
 
he's anxious and tense, which will make you hunch up like that if it gets bad. makes sense too, considering you say he doesn't talk much and keeps to himself.
 
His normal position is probably hunched up, but someone at one time told him it looks strange, so he tries to correct it. Since good posture isn't natural for him, it's a constant battle to look "normal".
 
He's probably just self conscious of his posture because of all the douche bags talking about him behind his back.
 
KingGheedora said:
I don't know enough about him to hypothesize that. Based on the little I have observed, this is a possibility.

Is it common for high functioning autistics to do this shoulder raising/hunching thing?
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English tip, take it or leave it: Hypothesize is not a transitive verb. You can't hypothesize things, you can only hypothesize on or about things.
 
maybe he just got used to that kind of posture and never went back to a good posture. I am kinda hunched right now due to all those piano lessons when i was a kid.
 
KingGheedora said:
I don't know enough about him to hypothesize that. Based on the little I have observed, this is a possibility.

Is it common for high functioning autistics to do this shoulder raising/hunching thing?
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The outside world is a jumbled mess and occasionally painful. When someone asks a direct question the machinery engages and a considered answer given. Both body language and speech habits are focused on blocking the cacophony of the world around them.
 
lxskllr said:
His normal position is probably hunched up, but someone at one time told him it looks strange, so he tries to correct it. Since good posture isn't natural for him, it's a constant battle to look "normal".
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That's always possible. I once sat in a chair that had "lumbar support" and I can honestly say that was the most painful chair ever. It forces the spine into a completely unnatural position.

For everyone on the forum who isn't a human, this is what a human spine looks like (the one on the right)
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Notice how the lower back, the part you have no control over, is only straight if you were to hunch forward? That's why humans and other great apes naturally slouch. People need to constantly remind kids to stop slouching because "only apes slouch". Well guess what, he was slouching because humans are apes too. Straightening your upper spine is why your lower back hurts all the time; it's forcing the lower back to bend backward.
 
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How about you just talk to the guy? Better to be friends if he ever loses his shit and start shooting up the place.
 
ShawnD1 said:
That's always possible. I once sat in a chair that had "lumbar support" and I can honestly say that was the most painful chair ever. It forces the spine into a completely unnatural position.

For everyone on the forum who isn't a human, this is what a human spine looks like (the one on the right)
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Notice how the lower back, the part you have no control over, is only straight if you were to hunch forward? That's why humans and other great apes naturally slouch. People need to constantly remind kids to stop slouching because "only apes slouch". Well guess what, he was slouching because humans are apes too. Straightening your upper spine is why your lower back hurts all the time; it's forcing the lower back to bend backward.
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just an fyi, that human spine is in crappy alignment. there's almost no cervical lordosis, the lumbar lordosis is too shallow at the top, and the thoracic kyphosis is only existent between t1-6.

anyways, carry on 🙂
 
eits said:
just an fyi, that human spine is in crappy alignment. there's almost no cervical lordosis, the lumbar lordosis is too shallow at the top, and the thoracic kyphosis is only existent between t1-6.

anyways, carry on 🙂
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Normal spines are a little straighter than the diagram, but the overall shape is the same. If you sit or stand straight based on the part of your spine closest to your head, it forces your lower spine to "arch" into a position where the weight of your upper body is trying to bend your spine in the wrong direction. You can tell which way is the wrong direction by seeing how far you can lean forward (far enough to touch your toes) vs how far you can lean backward (not even close to touching your toes).

To get a better understanding of the physics involved, read up on how people break an arrow by pushing it against a wall. What happens is the arrow bends a little when force is applied, then the arrow can easily break because applying force from tip to tail is applying a lot of torque to the middle of the arrow. That's exactly what happens in your back. When you sit up straight, the weight of your upper body is twisting your spine in the wrong direction.
 
ShawnD1 said:
Normal spines are a little straighter than the diagram, but the overall shape is the same. If you sit or stand straight based on the part of your spine closest to your head, it forces your lower spine to "arch" into a position where the weight of your upper body is trying to bend your spine in the wrong direction. You can tell which way is the wrong direction by seeing how far you can lean forward (far enough to touch your toes) vs how far you can lean backward (not even close to touching your toes).

To get a better understanding of the physics involved, read up on how people break an arrow by pushing it against a wall. What happens is the arrow bends a little when force is applied, then the arrow can easily break because applying force from tip to tail is applying a lot of torque to the middle of the arrow. That's exactly what happens in your back. When you sit up straight, the weight of your upper body is twisting your spine in the wrong direction.
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actually, a perfect spine is more curved than the one in the picture you showed.

by the way, you do know what i do for a living, right?
 
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