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- A More Serious Way To Damage Your Back Than Prolonged Sitting - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2011 from Gail McGonigalProlonged sitting is only a problem when you remain still in one position without moving your spine along with the rest of your body. Moving your spine has a knock-on effect to all your skeletal joints and thus keeps your whole body in movement. A far more serious way of causing injury to ...
Views: 1123 - Why Can't I Find Comfort in Sitting? - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2011 from Gail McGonigalSitting is the most common action performed by our body. We do more sitting than we do walking. Yet why do we complain so much about the way we sit? The answer lies in the fact that we have never understood how to sit correctly for comfort. In my youth I was always told to 'sit up,' or my ...
Views: 1115 - The Dangers in Daily Living: Picking Up a Feather - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2011 from Gail McGonigalWhether you are picking up a feather or a sack of potatoes; the principles of bending over and reaching to the floor are the same. Always remember that your spine is not designed to bend into a 90 degree angle. There is no flexibility in the spine. It is your legs that need the movement and not ...
Views: 1112 - The Dangers to Your Spine in Daily Living - Brushing Your Teeth - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2011 from Gail McGonigalWhat! A simple task as brushing your teeth? How can this be so dangerous? I have done it this way for years and it's never been a problem! The fact that you have repeated the same motion for years may be the reason why your back is now giving you problems. It may be that you are so accustomed ...
Views: 1106 - A Correct Way to Sit that Provides Therapeutic Comfort to Your Spine - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2011 from Gail McGonigalYour back or spinal column is the most important part of your skeletal body. Without your spinal column, functional mobility would be impaired and your comfort level in ergonomic sitting would greatly jeopardize your internal organs. The main purpose of the spinal column is to maintain the ...
Views: 1105 - Getting Up and Out of a Chair Is a Therapeutic Exercise - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2011 from Gail McGonigalIt may seem like a good idea, to have a chair where the seat automatically lifts you out; without having the struggle of doing it for yourself. However, I need to be cautious of buying gadgets to help yourself in daily living, because if you are finding this activity difficult to manage; then ...
Views: 1105 - Embrace Yoga Principles When Using Ergonomic Sitting - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2011 from Gail McGonigalYoga principles encourage relaxation in the muscles of your body, along with deep breathing that calms the mind for optimum concentration towards the task at hand when sitting. Sitting on your pelvic bones in an ergonomic chair, with your stocking feet wrapped around the chair base, is like ...
Views: 1103 - 10 Ways to Stay Active in Prolonged Sitting - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2011 from Gail McGonigalErgonomic sitting is not a stationary sitting posture. It is designed to be a position of activity, where our body is active in productive performance. Our body needs continuous movement for balancing our spine on the pelvis, plus moving our upper and lower limbs in functionally active ...
Views: 1095 - Why Is Drinking Soda So Bad for Our Bodies? - by Submitted on Sep 12, 2011 from Gail McGonigalMost people think that drinking soda is harmless flavored water with a few bubbles that all the family will drink and quenches their thirst; making it an easy palatable method for drinking water. Think Again! Soda happens to be the worst consumable drink on the market for your bodies in terms ...
Views: 1088 - What Is Ergonomic Balance? - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2011 from Gail McGonigalErgonomic is term we use to create a productive, safe and efficient environment for the workplace, which for my readers is not exclusively the employment environment; it is also the home environment. Ergonomic balance is the sitting or standing position we use for safe, purposeful and ...
Views: 1050 - What Causes the Pain in Your Back? - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2011 from Gail McGonigalOverall the pains in your back originate from a serious lack of movement in your skeletal joints, that are used for performing your daily living activities. This is probably not the answer you want to hear; because you believe that you're doing all the right movements, when getting around ...
Views: 1006 - When Is A Chair Not a Chair? - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2011 from Gail McGonigalNow that is an interesting question you may think and I think your answer may be uncertain. There is actually no catch to this question, the answer is simply that a chair would not be a chair if it does not have a back and a seat. I was also going to add four legs, but then I would not be ...
Views: 993 - What Causes the Pain in Your Back? - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2011 from Gail McGonigalOverall the pains in your back originate from a serious lack of movement in your skeletal joints, that are used for performing your daily living activities. This is probably not the answer you want to hear; because you believe that you're doing all the right movements, when getting around ...
Views: 990 - What Causes the Pain in Your Back? - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2011 from Gail McGonigalOverall the pains in your back originate from a serious lack of movement in your skeletal joints, that are used for performing your daily living activities. This is probably not the answer you want to hear; because you believe that you're doing all the right movements, when getting around ...
Views: 963 - When to Drink Water, When Losing Weight - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2011 from Gail McGonigalAccording to a study that was published on August 23rd 2010 in Canada, it was found in two groups of baby boomers who ate exactly the same foods in a one month period; that those who drank 2 glasses of water before eating a meal, lost significantly more weight than the group who did not drink ...
Views: 962 - What Causes the Pain in Your Back? - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2011 from Gail McGonigalOverall the pains in your back originate from a serious lack of movement in your skeletal joints, that are used for performing your daily living activities. This is probably not the answer you want to hear; because you believe that you're doing all the right movements, when getting around ...
Views: 953 - Three Therapeutic Movements for Providing Comfort in Ergonomic Chairs - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2011 from Gail McGonigalBack Therapy provides massage to the spine within each individual vertebra and will be a positive way to start your day, while you are sitting performing your productive activity such as typing on the computer. To do this effectively, you first need to sit on your pelvic bones, as this will ...
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