Can you kneel and reduce fat and prevent aging? The professor tells you whether it is really beneficial to your health if you sit down on your knees.

I published on 2023-6-6 whether there are research evidence on human engineering tables and chairs and how to choose them. After that, several readers came to discuss the impact of sitting and kneeling on health. In fact, I have posted a statement on 2020-1-15, is it harmful to my body? So I will talk about sitting down today.

Reader Deerhsu left a message on 2023-6-10: "Japanese loves Tang culture, kneeling and pressing the soleus is really beneficial to health!" This surprised me because this reader has supported and affirmed me for a long time to fight against sexual science, so how could he say that this obviously is a discourse? So, I searched the Internet and found the kneeling sitting published by "Daily Headlines" on 2018-10-4. It not only causes blood to fall and prevents aging, but also has a secret method to lose weight, which is faster than knocking on the belt! . (Note: "Daily Headlines" is the big brother of "Content Farm", please see the legend of "Peptide-Norber Prize Legend")

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I responded to Deerhsu's link to the article "Daily Headlines" and asked him, "Can you lose weight and prevent aging?", and his response was "To the beauty, yes!". So, I searched again and found a lot of news reports and videos about "The Beauty Kneels and Weight Loss Method", such as the ones posted on 2014-1-8, which are really effective! Yu Meiren kneeled down and lost weight and slimmed her weight loss method. The myth of losing weight is broken.

Another reader, Elliot, responded by the Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare (Ministry of Welfare) to implement the amendment to the "Child Abuse Prevention Act" from April 2020, officially acknowledging that the "Present Hours" (Kneeling) will be included in the "Present Hours" (Steeling Guidelines), and teachers and parents are prohibited from requiring their children to kneel. 'The news video he attached is "Long-time seat" "Standard" and "Standard" (19/12/04).

I found myself an article published on Japan Today on 2020-10-13, a device to save us from the pain of sitting Japanese-style (eventually there is a design that can relieve the pain of Japanese sitting). Its first two paragraphs are: "“seiza”" This word is usually translated as "Japanese sitting posture", but many people believe that "pain" is also an equally valid synonym. Seiza literally means "the correct sitting position" … although it looks beautiful and respectful, the downside of Seiza is that it puts a lot of your weight on the fragile belts of the knees, ankles and other lower body parts. Even many modern Japanese find Seiza very uncomfortable. '

I also searched PubMed, a public medical library, but I couldn't find any articles that "Sitting on your knees can reduce fat or prevent aging." In fact, the articles I searched all thought that kneeling is harmful to health, and what makes people even more shocked is that all these articles are from Japanese research.

2005: Effect of Japanese sitting style (seiza) on the center of foot pressure after standing. In the introduction, this article says that kneeling will not only have adverse effects on the skeletal system, but also have adverse effects on blood flow in the lower limbs. The conclusion of its research is that kneeling will cause a significant decrease in the oxygen concentration of the calf tissue within 4-5 minutes, and will increase the perceptual sensation value of the sole of the foot in about 17 minutes.

2012: Two cases of elderly-onset herditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsy manifesting bilateral peroneal nerve palsies (two cases of hyperemic neuropathy with geriatric disease, manifested as double-sided peroneal nerve palsies). Conclusion: The clinical process shows that the Japanese sitting position known as "kneeling" is an inducing factor in the numbness of the two sides of the scepter nerve.

2014: A case of crush syndrome induced by the kneeling seiza position (a case of a comprehensive examination of the kneeling seiza position). In the introduction, this article says that kneeling may lead to reduced oxygen content and muscle tissue damage caused by streptomy, and its abstract is: Crush syndrome is a characteristic of streptomy myolysis with acute kidney failure. The most common strain injuries are those of natural disaster victims such as earthquakes. Here, we report a rare case of stress syndrome caused by kneeling posture.

2017: Seiza-induced neuropathy: an occupational peroneal neuropathy in a Japanese lady.

2021: Bilateral atrophy of the extensor digitorum brevis muscle might be a useful sign for diagnostic diabetic polyneuropathy in Japanese men who do not sit in the traditional “seiza” style (for Japanese men who do not sit in the traditional “selbow atrophy on both sides may be a useful mark for diagnosing diabetic polyneuropathy). This article mentions that kneeling may cause atrophy of the short extensor muscles on both sides.

In short, the content farms and media celebrities say that "kneeling can reduce fatness, prevent aging, etc." are all without scientific basis. In fact, "kneeling can cause muscle and neurotic diseases" is not only confirmed, but many Japanese people also believe that kneeling is painful and uncomfortable. So, since it is painful and uncomfortable, how can it be beneficial to health?

Original text: Can sitting kneel to reduce fatness and prevent aging? Don't kneel down and get sick

Responsible editor: Gu Zihuan