Archive for the ‘Sitting’ Category
On April 25, 2011, National Public Radio did a story on how sitting is bad for your health. The conclusion of a study by epidemiologist Steven Blair was that men who had more sedentary lifestyles (time spent doing things like sitting, driving, and watching TV) had a higher risk of dying from heart disease. The [...]
Check out this video which will show you how to sit pain-free. This should make some of my previous blog posts more clear. Try it out and let me know how it works for you! © 2011 Dana K. Davis
When I was 17 I didn’t pay too much attention to the warning to “wear your seat belt.” One day I was driving with a friend, going about 30-35 miles an hour, when she crashed into the car in front of us. Afterwards, when I asked how that big crack in the windshield got there, [...]
Do you want to live to be 100? The Centers for Disease Control reports that Americans currently have an average life expectancy of 77.9 years. This has risen from 49.2 years at the turn of the 20th century. The aging of the Baby Boomers also means that we now have a larger group of people [...]
An article in Business Week on April 29 (http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_19/b4177071221162.htm?chan=magazine+channel_etc) discusses the dangers of chairs and sitting. It’s called “Your Office Chair Is Killing You“, and it states that “sitting is a public health risk.” Some of the article discusses the dangers in terms of obesity. Of course, movement is necessary to the health of your [...]
According to the National Institutes of Health, low back pain costs Americans at least $50 billion each year. It is a leading cause of missed work and the most common work-related disability. Conventional treatment for back pain includes bed rest, ice, exercise, medications, spinal manipulation, and surgery. Alternative treatments for back pain include acupuncture, yoga [...]