Whether you are currently working from home or you are in an office setting, the chances are that you spend a large part of your workday sitting at a desk. It happens to the best of us. As important as productivity is, a sedentary lifestyle can cause a host of issues and problems with your health, particularly your spine.
Sometimes known as “sitting disease”, you probably already know that too much time off your feet every day can add to your chances of obesity. But it can also have a major impact on your spine. In fact, if you have been noticing an increase in back, neck, or shoulder pain, too much time sitting down could be the reason.
How Sitting Down Affects Your Back and Spine
Have you ever noticed how you sometimes feel more tired at the end of the day after sitting at a desk than you do after an active day doing chores or moving around? While it seems counterintuitive, after all, we sit down to rest, sitting down for too long puts an exacerbated amount of stress on the muscles and discs in your back and neck.
That amount of stress and pressure can cause aches and pains in every part of your body from your head to your hip flexors and more.
How to Fight Your Sedentary Lifestyle
At Revive Medical Center, we always want to stress the importance of spine health to improve and maintain your overall health. But if you can’t just up and change jobs, how can you combat the effects of working at a desk for 8 hours a day? You would be surprised how easy it is to improve your spine health and fight back against sitting disease.
- Take a stand and stretch break every 30 minutes
- Try walking during a meeting with coworkers instead of continuing to sit
- Do you have a question for a coworker? Walk to their office and ask it rather than emailing
- Spend some intervals of your day working at a standing desk or high counter
How Revive Medical Center Can Help
Even with the implementation of new working habits, your spine may still need a little help to relieve pain and other ailments. Revive Medical Center is the leading provider of chiropractic care in Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, and the Metro Atlanta area. That is because we are dedicated to ensuring that our patients have the best possible quality of health and life.
If you have been spending too much time working behind a desk and your body is starting to feel it, contact Revive Medical Center today to schedule a consultation and spinal adjustment.
