Hmm. Well, that's interesting. I have noticed that animals don't cross their legs. Does it interfere with the nervous system's signals or is it a problem for the muscles or what? What's the problem with using armrests?

The treatment you received sounds sort of related to acupuncture, only the other way around (acupuncture needles allow a discharge of trapped electrical energy that has built up and been blocked in certain junctions in the body, kind of like releasing water that's been trapped behind an obstruction in a river...when the river flows properly the overall situation becomes healthy again...when it doesn't, the situation gets stagnant, and that results in illness, inflammation, etc.).