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Got aches, pains, or weight gains from sitting all day? Watch this!

SIT SIT SIT! Does it feel like all you do is sit? 

Is your body complaining about it? Leaving you with all sorts of weird back, neck, and shoulder pain? Maybe you've got brain fog and feel super unproductive, low energy and distracted all the time? 

Then you may actually be living the modern reality tale of sleeping booty and the 7 sneaky symptoms of sitting too much!   

Watch this video to find out the culprit behind this REAL LIFE tale! 

 

 

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Are your eyes tired and strained at the end of the day? Learn why and what to do!

It turns out that staring out into space is a good thing after all, especially if you work on a computer all day! 

Looking at a screen all day is challenging and tiring for our eyes which can leaving us dealing with computer vision syndrome aka: digital eye strain.

Computer vision syndrome is a new issue that is becoming much more prevalent because of all the time we spend on the computer and can show up as:

  • eyestrain
  • headaches
  • blurred vision
  • dry eyes
  • neck and shoulder pain

Do any or all of these sound familiar to you? Check out this short video on how to prevent computer vision syndrome and keep your eyes healthy!

Looking at a screen is very different than reading off of a page and is significantly more taxing for the eyes. This is because the contrast of the letters to the background is significantly reduced and the glare can make it more difficult to read.

Click here to learn an easy trick to integrate into your workday to reduce eye strain. 

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Think working out will prevent sitting disease? Think again!

You work out, you get enough sleep, and drink half your body weight in water everyday and if you are like most people you will think this is enough to stay healthy....but here's the crazy thing: it isn't. Many people mistakenly believe that just because they exercise regularly that sitting all day won't effect them. But unfortunately this just isn't true. Even people that work out on a regular basis are still at risk for sitting disease.

Sitting disease...what's that?

Sitting disease is a collection of risk factors used to describe the negative health impacts of a sedentary (or in-active) lifestyle. These risk factors include: obesity around the mid section, high blood pressure, high blood sugar and high blood cholesterol. These factors make it far more likely that someone will get injured, get sick more often, get diabetes, develop chronic disease and even die younger.

Given that people sit anywhere from 7.8 to 11 hours a day sitting disease is becoming an epidemic in many...

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Is the nagging pain in your neck and back distracting you and draining your energy?

Press PAUSE on your busy life with this free 10 minute "Yoga at My Desk" video to instantly feel better!