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Are standing desks the perfect solution?

Why standing desks are not the solution

Standing Desks Are Overrated  You probably ask yourself: "Are sit stand desks worth it?"  A growing body of research suggests that many of the benefits claimed by standing desk evangelists...

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Why standing desks are not the solution

Standing Desks Are Overrated  You probably ask yourself: "Are sit stand desks worth it?"  A growing body of research suggests that many of the benefits claimed by standing desk evangelists...

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Why sitting impairs your breathing and health

Why Sitting Impairs Your Breathing And Health

Sitting at a desk, with hunched shoulders and a rounded spine, leads to a substantial reduction in lung capacity, which is further exacerbated by a lack of diaphragmatic movement due...

Why Sitting Impairs Your Breathing And Health

Sitting at a desk, with hunched shoulders and a rounded spine, leads to a substantial reduction in lung capacity, which is further exacerbated by a lack of diaphragmatic movement due...

How sitting damages the Gluteal Muscles

How Sitting Damages the Gluteal Muscles

The gluteal muscles are an essential component for human locomotion and suffer enormous damage from sitting. The chonic lack of extension in the hip muscles lead to tightness and a reduced...

How Sitting Damages the Gluteal Muscles

The gluteal muscles are an essential component for human locomotion and suffer enormous damage from sitting. The chonic lack of extension in the hip muscles lead to tightness and a reduced...

Why Sitting Impairs Gut Health, Digestion and the Microbiome

Why Sitting Impairs Gut Health, Digestion and t...

Sitting causes food to compress in the intestines, which impairs digestion and can lead to long-term low level inflammation in and around the intestine with negative effects on the healthy gut flora (microbiome). This has been...

Why Sitting Impairs Gut Health, Digestion and t...

Sitting causes food to compress in the intestines, which impairs digestion and can lead to long-term low level inflammation in and around the intestine with negative effects on the healthy gut flora (microbiome). This has been...

Sitting leads to lower back pain and disk herniations

Sitting Leads to Lower Back Pain and Disk Herni...

Sitting puts enormous pressure on the spine, mostly at critical junctions. This results in herniated discs, chronic back pain and spinal degeneration.Many also suffer mental effects from back pain, all too...

Sitting Leads to Lower Back Pain and Disk Herni...

Sitting puts enormous pressure on the spine, mostly at critical junctions. This results in herniated discs, chronic back pain and spinal degeneration.Many also suffer mental effects from back pain, all too...

How sitting affects the brain and the mind

How Sitting Affects the Brain and the Mind

THE BRAIN – MOVE IT OR LOSE IT The brain is increasingly understood to be more closely related to a muscle than an organ. And, like all muscles, the brain...

How Sitting Affects the Brain and the Mind

THE BRAIN – MOVE IT OR LOSE IT The brain is increasingly understood to be more closely related to a muscle than an organ. And, like all muscles, the brain...