Check out some health tips to avoid problems as result of prolonged sitting.
HEALTH TIPS – Here are the things you need to know in order to avoid the bad effects of sitting for too long due to your office work.
Being physically active is one essential key for us to live a healthy and long life. This is also one way to get rid of certain health conditions along with healthy diet and nutritious and healthy choices.
Now, if your work requires a lot of sitting or being seated the whole day while maneuvering the computer with just your eyes and hands moving, you need to know that this could be bad and dangerous for your health.
Prolonged sitting is associated to a lot of diseases. You must know that your body can just easily adapt to being active and even in being inactive.
Now, here are certain diseases which may develop due to sitting for long hours:
- Affects posture resulting to rounded shoulder and slumped back. It can also cause neck and low back pain, shoulder spurs, trigger points, and among others.
- It weakens certain areas such as the back, scapular stabilizers, buttocks, and core.
- It deteriorates cardiovascular health and the heart affecting endurance, metabolism, blood pressure, cholesterol levels, and others.
- It increases chance of being obese due to slowing down of your metabolism.
- Likely to develop Diabetes (type 2).
- Sitting can increase risk of being depressed, anxiety, and lower mental well-being.
- It slows down digestion resulting to issues like heartburn and constipation.
- According to article from Athletico, it increases the risk of lung cancer by 54 percent, uterine cancer by 66 percent, and colon cancer by 30 percent.
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