Few people know that it is not only women who cross their legs for a long time, but also men who cross their legs for a long time, which is harmful to their health. The following details:
① Aggravate prostate disease.
In patients with prostatic hypertrophy, straddling the two legs for a long time will compress the contraction of pelvic floor muscles and expand the hyperplastic prostate to the urethral tube, thus compressing the urethra, resulting in dysuria. In severe cases, urine closure can occur. Crossing the legs will also affect the local microcirculation of the prostate, making the excretion of the prostate gland tube not smooth, which may aggravate chronic prostatitis.
② Early onset of degenerative arthritis.
The so-called 'degenerative arthritis' refers to the structural degenerative lesions of intra-articular structures caused by long-term use and wear. The typical disease is osteoarthritis, which usually occurs in old age. Crossing the legs will not cause people to suffer from osteoarthritis immediately, but it will increase the pressure on the internal structure of the knee joint and increase the cartilage nutritional disorder and wear. For the elderly who have degraded the cartilage structure to varying degrees, it will increase the risk of osteoarthritis.
③ Easy to hurt the spine.
It is very easy to cause uneven pressure distribution between lumbar spine and thoracic spine and cause spinal deformation. Some will lead to lumbar disc herniation and chronic low back pain. These habits will make the human body force press on the spine. The spine is easy to strain after bending for a long time, and it will induce ankylosing spondylitis in serious cases. In addition to genetic, autoimmune and other factors, ankylosing spondylitis often occurs in young people with long-term fatigue, high pressure, sedentary and less exercise. Moreover, the disability rate of ankylosing spondylitis is very high. If it is not reasonable to seek traditional Chinese medicine treatment early, up to 60% of patients with ankylosing spondylitis will be disabled to varying degrees.