Sitting bones

Our ‘Sitting Bones’ are more formally called the ischial tuberosities. These tuberosities are two curved bones, which extend from the ischium in the base of the pelvis.  You can see the left sitting bone in the photo of Skelly, below.

Sitting Bones

Skelly balancing on his sitting bones

The weight of our body drops down through our skeleton and is spread through our two sitting bones, which allows us to balance on them. The sitting bones also act like rockers, thus allowing  changes of position and the angle of our posture whilst sitting.

Sitting Bones

Sitting Bones – ischial tuberosities

If you wish to know where your sitting bones are, sit in a poised position on a firm surface, with your hip joints free, feet on the floor and then rock from side to side, or back to front. The two knobbly bones you can feel as your weight transfers from buttock to buttock, are your sitting bones.