Posture For Driving: How To Adjust The Car Driver Seat Like An Expert

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How good is your posture for driving?

Do you know how to adjust your car driver seat, steering wheel and mirrors? Is the backrest not too far back, or the steering too far forward? Do you have a good hands position on the steering wheel?

All this bad driving ergonomics causes pain and fatigue, especially after a long drive.

But good news: adjusting the car cockpit like an expert and finding the right driving position can be learned!

On this video, I show you step by step what causes pain when you drive and how to avoid bad driving posture in your vehicle. I will use a sedan car (Toyota Camry) and a cabrio (Honda S2000, with a much less adjustable seat) as examples.

Here we go:

00:00 intro
00:26 the 3 big mistakes
01:33 seat height
02:30 front-back seat position
03:10 seat pan angle
03:50 backrest angle
04:58 steering adjustment
05:59 headrest adjustment
06:32 adjust the mirrors
06:42 micro adjustments
07:32 adjusting a sports car seat (S2000)
10:51 how to get into a car
and how to get out of a car

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Pain in the back, shoulder, arms or any other musculoskeletal pain should not govern your life.

A lot of the pain you feel is caused or aggravated by wrong posture, poor ergonomics and a lack of specific exercises for your muscles and joints. Giving you the tools to resolve these issues is the reason why I created this self care channel.

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Medical Disclaimer
All information, content, and material of this website is for informational purposes only and are not intended to serve as a substitute for the consultation, diagnosis, and/or medical treatment of a qualified physician or healthcare provider.

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These were the most clear instructions for me personally. After getting back my car from a workshop they’ve changed my seat and it was a nightmare to get it back where it was. Thanks to this video I’ve adjusted my seat perfectly and felt a lot of comfort and relief in my back and shoulders. Thank you again for the clear instructions.

mp

Thank you for the most helpful video about driver seat's adjustment on youtube today. Clear and concise information. Even though you posted it a few years back it still served me today.

florianchauvin-vw

I only want to say thank you for this Video, for me with 1, 90 m height it was the only video on Youtube which helped me for the right Seating-Postion. My Mistake was all the Years, that i moved the seat to much backwards (this gave me strain in the shoulders and neck and it was exhausting in the arms to drive), because i have long legs and i only checked whats wrong because of your Video. Greetings from Germany!

datatravelers

Best video I found so far, bought Audi S5 and have been crippled with seat. Will try this tomorrow

jasonpickford

Thanks to this vid. Helps me get the right posture, eliminates my back pain when im driving l.

trax

Omg you have no idea how helpful your videos are!! I had a sacroiliac fusion in October 2019 and have had piriformis pain ever since. Your videos are helping me with so many aspects of my life. I thank you so much!
Still going through the videos to try and figure out why cooking especially makes it “flare” up.

melissaspurlock

Amazing video
One hint before entering the car you can sit normally whith both legs outta the car and then turn your body with your legs all the way inside

حساناحمد-زغ

Thank you so much for this demonstration! I am 5'2" and recently bought a 2006 Toyota (Camry) Solara XLE convertible, and I've had awful right neck and shoulder pain. I just did new seat and steering wheel adjustments while watching this! I'm looking forward to driving this week now!

wandar

This video has saved my back thank you! The new Accord I have is comfortable but it is challenging when you have so many adjustments.

fraserlangley-waldron

very nice explanation. you seem to be the only one that I found that explains how to do it in older cars that don't have much adjustment. only the sound quality in second half of the video could've been better.

mammadtori

Great video. Thanks. I’ve been cramped in my seat for a long time, opening the hips is a great piece of advice.
I’m now more comfortable as I drive 1 hour to work and 1 hour back per day.

MrIanMoss

2:00 — “as high as the car allows us to”: I’m 1.85m and trying to find a balance between being higher to sit more upright and being low enough to see under my center mirror. In prior cars, I was able to adjust the mirror closer to the ceiling, giving me a clearer view to my front-right; but in my current car, the mirror can’t be adjusted up-or-down (does my description make sense?). So, to see under the mirror, I have the bottom cushion adjusted as low as it go under my hips and the backrest tilted rearwards farther than before. Then I have to move the headrest forward to support my head (I’m trying to avoid neck strain) and raise the thigh support just a bit to keep me from sliding forward.

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