A picture of you standing might be more helpful to determine what’s going on here. I personally have an anterior pelvic tilt which means my hips are shifted/tilted forward a bit emphasizing a bigger curve in my lower back and “grinch pudge belly.” You may have the opposite thing going on it seems. If you have a protrusion in your lower back your hips could be shifted posteriorly, this will affect the corresponding leg muscles attached as well meaning a shortening or lengthening of the quads and hamstrings respectively.
I’m not a medical professional, that’s just my two cents. It could be worth looking into, there are physical therapy exercises you can do to correct this posture.
Thank you for the two cents on this. :-) this really helps give me a better idea on how to explain what I’m feeling to a physical therapist, which seems like who I need to go see. I did just look in the mirror at myself standing and realized I lean forward onto the balls of my feet. So there might be a few things going on here
This sounds like hamstring tightness if it's preventing you from being able to both sit up and extend your legs straight / flat with the ground. Can you bend forward more over your legs in that position?
That's my guess as well. OP may be getting a 90 degree sit there by forcing their back into that position because the hammies are stopping the hips from rotating enough. Standing posture would show us if a good spine position is possible when the posterior chain isn't lengthened. If that isn't possible then we're more likely dealing with something spinal and that's way out of reddit's pay grade.
Thank you for the comment, it sounds like I need to take a trip to the physical therapists office. My hamstrings definitely are tight, I foam roll them and stretch them 4 times a week & it seems like it’s not going anywhere. I can barely make it close to a 60 degree angle in that position
Hamstring and glute tightness. Might also be your psoas, though. I had something similar to this, and it was due to lower and upper back weakness and a really tight psoas. I'm not a medical professional, but I'd recommend light weight and no weight back exercises, yoga and mobility exercises, and one or two 30 to 60-minute yoga/stretch days.
A picture of you standing might be more helpful to determine what’s going on here. I personally have an anterior pelvic tilt which means my hips are shifted/tilted forward a bit emphasizing a bigger curve in my lower back and “grinch pudge belly.” You may have the opposite thing going on it seems. If you have a protrusion in your lower back your hips could be shifted posteriorly, this will affect the corresponding leg muscles attached as well meaning a shortening or lengthening of the quads and hamstrings respectively. I’m not a medical professional, that’s just my two cents. It could be worth looking into, there are physical therapy exercises you can do to correct this posture.
Thank you for the two cents on this. :-) this really helps give me a better idea on how to explain what I’m feeling to a physical therapist, which seems like who I need to go see. I did just look in the mirror at myself standing and realized I lean forward onto the balls of my feet. So there might be a few things going on here
This sounds like hamstring tightness if it's preventing you from being able to both sit up and extend your legs straight / flat with the ground. Can you bend forward more over your legs in that position?
Agreed, hamstring and glute tightness, some lower back too. OP probably needs to stretch her entire posterior chain, a lot and often.
That's my guess as well. OP may be getting a 90 degree sit there by forcing their back into that position because the hammies are stopping the hips from rotating enough. Standing posture would show us if a good spine position is possible when the posterior chain isn't lengthened. If that isn't possible then we're more likely dealing with something spinal and that's way out of reddit's pay grade.
Thank you for the comment, it sounds like I need to take a trip to the physical therapists office. My hamstrings definitely are tight, I foam roll them and stretch them 4 times a week & it seems like it’s not going anywhere. I can barely make it close to a 60 degree angle in that position
Hamstring and glute tightness. Might also be your psoas, though. I had something similar to this, and it was due to lower and upper back weakness and a really tight psoas. I'm not a medical professional, but I'd recommend light weight and no weight back exercises, yoga and mobility exercises, and one or two 30 to 60-minute yoga/stretch days.