FWIW, getting comfortable while sitting in a car can be a challenge, for anyone. Having issues myself beyond the car seat, I have sought professional advice.
That advice can be summarized as:
Most of us are sitting in bad positions everywhere we sit. Our bodies wind up in a “C” shape rather than upright because the cushion portion is too long and tilted down in back rather than allowing our thighs and knees to be lower than our butts. We also need more support in the mid and lower back area to hold us upright, rather than with our head and neck leaning forward. The first thing the instructor does is to have one sit farther forward on the cushion (no thigh support by the seat) and to place a roll cushion behind your back. Essentially puff out your chest and the rest will follow. Again, knees lower than your butt, not higher.
You can easily google utube videos on this. In my Forester, I tilted the cushion as far to level as I could, then raised the seat to get my knees lower than my butt. At 5’7” you should have plenty of headroom to raise your seat as far up as it will go to get you level.
This will require an adjustment and will feel strange at first. Same goes for sitting at home. No slouchy soft couch sitting way back with your knees high.
Check it out.
Luck, it isn’t easy,
EJ
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That advice can be summarized as:
Most of us are sitting in bad positions everywhere we sit. Our bodies wind up in a “C” shape rather than upright because the cushion portion is too long and tilted down in back rather than allowing our thighs and knees to be lower than our butts. We also need more support in the mid and lower back area to hold us upright, rather than with our head and neck leaning forward. The first thing the instructor does is to have one sit farther forward on the cushion (no thigh support by the seat) and to place a roll cushion behind your back. Essentially puff out your chest and the rest will follow. Again, knees lower than your butt, not higher.
You can easily google utube videos on this. In my Forester, I tilted the cushion as far to level as I could, then raised the seat to get my knees lower than my butt. At 5’7” you should have plenty of headroom to raise your seat as far up as it will go to get you level.
This will require an adjustment and will feel strange at first. Same goes for sitting at home. No slouchy soft couch sitting way back with your knees high.
Check it out.
Luck, it isn’t easy,
EJ
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