Do you sit in an office chair or on your couch for more than six hours a day? Then here are some disturbing facts: Your risk of heart disease has increased by up to 64 percent. You're shaving off seven years of quality life. You're also more at risk for certain types of cancer. Simply put, sitting is killing you. That's the bad news. The good news: It's easy to counteract no matter how lazy you are. Let's start with the basics. Since childhood you've known being a couch potato is bad. But why? Simply put, our bodies weren't made...

Great review of the DeskStand written by the lovely ladies at Wellnessinthecity. DeskStand™ offers affordable, high quality standing desks which are made in South Africa, designed to improve your posture and strengthen your back muscles – allowing you to stay focused for longer. The founder and passionate designer Ryan Roberts from Roberts Creative, launched the DeskStand™ concept following his personal experience working solid 10 hour days and suffering from Sciatic nerve damage, a common condition that plagues people who sit for long stretches of time. OUR EXPERIENCE: We were very interested in trialing DeskStand™, especially as we have been very focused on...

We spend most of our lives at work. 8 hours of the our day, in some cases even more. Its all a field of roses to begin with, however, when that fresh start begins to slow down and become boring, productivity starts to slow down too.   Some suggestions on improving productivity may just help get those spirits lifted as well as the level of productivity. 1.Constant training. We feel better about our jobs and what we have to do when we know what we are doing. Constant revision and review can refresh the mind of the way things need...

Do you work at a computer a lot? Do you work long hours, sitting at a desk, usually Monday to Friday? Do you suffer from neck pain? Are you prone to migraine and tension headaches? Do you suffer from back pain? Are you one of those people in a cubicle, in an air-conditioned bubble? If you have answered YES to at least one of the above questions, I think you and I can relate to each other. Neck strain and other issues Strained neck from sitting too long... Read the full article hereWritten by Beatrice from www.mademoisellenomad.com

More evidence suggests getting off your seat and moving around is good for your health We know that the amount of time we spend sitting each day wreaks havoc on our health, and in a new paper, researchers show that spending just two hours standing or moving around instead of sitting may have a real positive impact on our health. In the new study published Thursday in the European Heart Journal, researchers had 782 men and women wear activity trackers 24 hours a day for seven days. The monitors tracked how much time the men and women spent stepping, sitting,...