Can you imagine an office without chairs? Therefore, given the medical reports and the research associate the hours that we spent sitting in the position of working with different types of diseases, it may be the next thing to try in certain work environments.
I'm not going to talk about today is discomfort, though they may become with the passage of the years in the injury – I mean the neck pain and low back pain – but to diseases classified as such by the
World Health Organization.
Although the headlines that I'm going to give you might seem to own a certain yellow press, most claim that information is true, they are based in
prestigious studies of an international character. I am going to quote two names, to make them as an example and reference: The
American Cancer Society and
the European Hearlt Journal.
These and
other works of prestige they claim to spend more than six hours a day sitting reduces our life expectancy considerably: these 360 minutes of inactivity, the equivalent of the smoke drawn by the smoker of a pack. What does it mean in terms of years? About 15 less.
Also, and following the investigations of a doctor pioneer in the field , James Levine, co-director of the Mayo Clinic and the Initiative Against Obesity, the State University of Arizona,
we can alleviate the effects of this sedentary work practicing two hours of intense sport the day. The harmful consequences of inactivity would be the same.
What happens is that we are designed for movement . If those six or more hours that we remain seated, we add the average of 77 that we remain asleep , imagine how much we are distorting our function.
If we go back in time, we can look at how technologies have changed our life. The ancient crafts were based in the physical work. With the machine, which replaced the man, he began the primacy of manual labor and a new organization of the tasks.
Q.
what can happen if we don't take action? This is not of alamar, but to prevent.
The first is the rise of obesity and being overweight, with all their ailments and associated diseases: cardiovascular problems, diabetes, cholesterol, and others.
Of course,
circulatory problems, with the appearance of varicose veins. Also,
increased blood pressure , muscle problems, herniated discs, bone fractures and atrophy, abdominal, etc...
The solution is not to stand, but still, but introduce movement into our routine of work in the following way:
twenty minutes of walking, eight minutes of sitting and two moving.
Ata Pouramini is the author of the book “You are your medicine” and “The Persian cat that wanted to eat caviar”. Es a facilitator on health, nutrition expert and one of the chiropractors more recognized . Has in Valencia one of the most important queries of the world. He studied Nutrition at Oxford Brooks University, is a Graduate in Human Sciences, Master of Science Chiropractic, doctorate in Chiropractic and a member of the Spanish Association of Chiropractic.