Combat Your Desk Job

In case you didn’t hear, “Sitting Disease” is a term used by the scientific community to reference a sedentary lifestyle. This is often associated with working a desk job. It also includes the ugly metabolic syndrome the goes hand in hand with it. If you sit at your desk for most of day, there are a few things you can do to improve your situation.

Follow these 3 Simple Steps:

1) Switch your desk chair out for a stability ball. This simple change forces you to engage your core when sitting, so you don’t tumble off onto the floor. It turns a passive position into an active one. Just be sure to use an actual stability ball, also called an exercise ball or balance ball, and stay away from chairs that look like balls

Stability Ball

2) Stand up every 15 minutes. Working a desk job doesn’t mean you can’t stand up from time to time to break up your routine a bit. Stand every quarter hour to active your leg muscles as these are turned off when in the seated position. It’s even better if you move around in addition to standing, but stand at the very minimum to combat your desk job.

3) Do simple activation movements. I’m talking finger contractions (open and close your fist, widening your fingers), do wrist and arm circles, and flex your neck (bend it side to side and forward and backwards). Even better is to do some high knee raises, ankle circles, and hip rotations. Basically anything you can do that is dynamic will only improve your health compared to sitting for hours on end.

Simple Stretch

Try these quick fixes next time you find yourself seated at your desk. Quick and easy to do in an office environment, you’ll feel better and you’re blood will circulate better. Trust me, you’ll be surprised at how much your productivity and creativity can improve!

Melissa
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