Sitting is killing YOU!
Headaches and Prolonged Sitting If you’re someone that spends many hours a day seated at a desk or working on a computer, chances are you will or already do suffer from headaches. Reason being is that sitting for prolonged periods of time produces static tension on the muscles that hold your head up. Think of it this way: the human head weighs about the same as a bowling ball. Would you think it would be easier for you to hold a bowling ball with one arm straight OR close by your side? When you sit at a computer desk you are asking the muscles of the neck to work harder than they should. This chronic tension causes the nerves to be upset which can refer pain into the head producing headaches. Sometimes it may even refer down into the arms causing numbness and/or tingling. Simply put, we as humans are not designed to be sitting 8-12 hours a day in front of a computer. So here are a few tips to help reduce this tension: -Take frequent breaks (very important). Use a phone or w