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Sitting giant test

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last update: 30.5.2003
Name: Giant seat test

• Classification
• Contraindication
• Effects
• Preparation
• Follow-up
• derived asanas
• similar asanas
• Diagnostics
• Instructions
• details
• Variants

Instructions

1. Stand in tadasana and place your palms on the sides of your thighs.
2. Determine where the wrists are in relation to the greater trochanter. Do they lie on, below or above it?

details

1. A sitting giant is a person who appears taller when sitting than when standing. The upper body is therefore unusually long in relation to the legs or, conversely, the legs appear unusually short in comparison to the upper body. However, this usually affects not only the lower extremity leg, but also the upper extremity arm, which is why a very simple comparison of the length of the arms to that of the torso can usually provide a statement. If the wrist is above the greater trochanter, the upper body is longer than average and we speak of a „sittinggiant“. In some cases, sitting giants are at a disadvantage when performing postures, for example in tolasana, in which the hands usually have to be placed on blocks. They will also not be able to place the palms next to the pelvis in twist pose with the upper body stretched out, and certainly not with the elbow joint bent as required, which is why they also have to place the palms on blocks here. If the wrist is approximately on or just below the greater trochanter, the proportions are average. If the wrist is a hand’s breadth or more below the greater trochanter, we speak of a „sitting dwarf“, although this hardly limits the ability to perform postures.