Then read Gwynn Guilford’s article, “There’s a huge hidden downside to standing desks that no one told me about.” If you buy a standing only desk, and you don’t like standing all day, you've wasted your money. And almost every nerve in the body is stimulated. Sitting is an independent risk factor.âHe further explains, âThe cure for too much sitting isnât more exercise. With your head weighing on average around 10 lbs, even a slight tip forward will strain your muscles in your neck and upper back. He details his challenges in a: cramps in his heels, hips, and calves; watching movies with his wife standing up, eating at restaurants standing up, his sore back, and even watching a movie in a movie theater standing up! Many standers are constantly shifting, even dancing and doing yoga!Whatâs the Ideal Ratio for Standing to Sitting at Your Desk?Mark Lukach, of Wired.com, advises the following: âWe recommend moderation with your standing. Besides being a good habit, it will make you get up and walk to the bathroom often. To prevent this, make sure you're not sitting in one posture for more than 30 minutes. In a Mayo Clinic 12 month study, users lost 5 to 7.7 lbs.http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2012/11_0323.htm?s_cid=pcd9e154_xhttp://www.epi.umn.edu/cvdepi/study-synopsis/london-transport-workers-study/http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/adult-health/expert-answers/sitting/faq-20058005http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2551650/http://www.diabetologia-journal.org/files/henson.pdfhttp://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/33/2/327.shorthttp://health.usnews.com/health-news/health-wellness/articles/2015/02/17/4-ways-your-standing-desk-is-doing-more-harm-than-goodhttp://press.psprings.co.uk/bjsm/may/bjsm094618.pdfhttp://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/news/news/2013/2013-06-18-new-ama-policies-annual-meeting.pagehttp://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2012/11_0323.htm?s_cid=pcd9e154_xhttps://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/patientinstructions/000355.htmhttp://qz.com/272350/theres-a-huge-hidden-downside-to-standing-desks-that-no-one-told-me-about-2/ Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Ernest Hemingway, Leonardo DaVinci, and Winston Churchill (who lived to be 90 years old) all stood at their desks. James Levine helps companies reduce their healthcare costs. "You may have heard the saying, “sitting is the new smoking,” which is credited to Dr. Levine. But according to many researchers, it’s one of the biggest potential threats to your health.Research shows that you can reduce your chances of cancer, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and back pain, all with one simple lifestyle change: reduce the time you spend sitting. They were asked how many hours they spent sitting per day during the prior week. The results:“For both women and men, sitting time was detrimentally associated with waist circumference, BMI, systolic blood pressure, fasting triglycerides, HDL cholesterol, 2-h post-load plasma glucose, and fasting insulin (all < 0.05), but not with fasting plasma glucose and diastolic blood pressure (men only). These will be a little less noticeable than a massage mat.Put a towel on the ground and use your toes to scrunch the towel up.
one study that compared adults who spent less than 2 hours a day in front of the TV or other types of screens with those who watched more than 4 hours a day. Sitting too much kills. With high heels, your Achilles gets shortened, and you put extra stress on your lower back.In his article about his 30-day standing experiment, Dan Kois explains “Dr. Such changes are among the first steps on the road to diabetes.”The Cancer Prevention Research Centre at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, published a study in 2008 that concluded that people who took the most breaks from sitting had a reduced triglyceride count (as well as smaller waists and a lower body mass index).