is crossing your legs bad for your heart
Even though crossing your legs may lead to a temporary increase in blood pressure — caused by the crossed legs pushing more blood up to the heart — that doesn’t always mean it will harm your heart health, or cause a particularly risky boost in blood pressure.
Innocent Habits That Can Hurt Your Health. Sitting with legs crossed at the knee can bump up blood pressure, according to a study published in Blood Pressure Monitoring. Leg crossing increased systolic blood pressure nearly 7 percent and diastolic by 2 percent.