The fetal position (recovery) is on ones side and is a laying posture. Gravity is effecting all of your body equally.
Where as slouching the chair is taking the force of gravity off the shoulders and pelvis and your legs are being supported by the ground…
That leaves all 9.807 m/s² of gravity to affect your middle and lower spine in a way it was not designed for. Your spine being designed for pulling along the vertical rather than longitudinal axis.
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