Tag: sitting for long periods

Top 3 Worst Sitting Postures That Harm Your Spine

To maintain a healthy spine, it is crucial to have proper sitting posture. Incorrect postures such as hunching or sitting in a half-reclined position can damage the spine, leading to pain in the shoulders, neck, and lower back. Top 3 Worst Sitting Postures for Your Spine, Hunching Takes the Lead 1. Hunching Hunching is widely…


Sitting All Day? A New Study Finds a Relatively Easy Way to Counteract It

To reduce the harmful health effects of sitting, take a five-minute light walk every half-hour. That’s the key finding of a new study that my colleagues and I published in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. We asked 11 healthy middle-aged and older adults to sit in our lab for eight hours…