I often recommend patients make a real effort to get up and move more during their day. We spend so much of our lives now sitting at work, in the car or at home. It seems natural to us at this point in our development as a modern society that this should be the natural way to both work and rest. With all these comfortable chairs and couches around why expend the effort to stand. Ask anybody who has gotten their HR department to pay for a standing desk and you will hear why. Our bodies were not made to be sedentary. They were designed to walk and move and even crouch at times when we needed to work with our hands. It was not designed to sit for hours on end at the computer or steering wheel on even fully reclined at home in front of the TV. It is nearly impossible to keep a good posture during any of these activities and so taking a break and moving can be a beneficial way to improve our circulation, posture, and joint health. I saw this great short film on the TED Videos site and I think it does a great job of articulating why we need to get up and move, not just a little bit from time to time, but as much as possible during our day.
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