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I have seen W sitting in hipotonic children with some degree of balance deficit: they need six points of contact with the surface:2 feet, 2 knees, 2 isquiatic. Instead of having just 4 points in cross legs sitting. Elsa At 18:49 18.03.99 -0000, you wrote: >I too used to w sit, in primary school I found sitting x legged really >uncomfortable! Now I'm a physio I know it was due to my very tight >adductors. I also have a leg length discrepancy and an anteverted hip!! But >thankfully no pain!! Vanessa MCSP > >----Original Message----- >From: Alan and Ida Pinson <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> >Date: 18 March 1999 00:42 >Subject: W.sitting research > > >>Hi, This is my observation of W-sitting. >>I see a lot of children who have lax ligaments, "knocked" knees and feet >>rolling into pronation, with very weak medial arches. These kids do seem to >>like W-sitting, which in turn adds to their problems. I now tackle this by >>changing the way the foot is supported AND strongly advising to stop the >>W-sitting. >>CP children have tight hip,adductors and W-sitting is a posture of comfort >>for them _ not all, of course, fall into this category, but it is >>significant. >>Actually, I used to W-sit myself and I had none of these problems. But I >did >>have CHD. >>Ida Pinson >>Paediatric physiotherapist >>Arrowe Park Hospital- paediatric physiotherapy >>Wirral, U.K. >>[log in to unmask] >> >> > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%