One of the most prolific stresses on our spines in our modern day lives is our posture at work, especially for those that have desk jobs. We sit at our desks for 8 hours a day 5 days a week, sometimes even more.
Ideally our bodies would be mostly standing and moving around throughout the day. If we must sit then it is best to sit up nice and straight. This means that we sit with our feet touching the floor, our knees bent to 90 degrees, hips bent to 90 degrees, elbows at side and at 90 degrees.
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Feeling stressed? Movement may be the key to reduce your stress levels. Our modern lifestyles are stressful by their very nature. Physically we tend to sit for long periods of time, often in poor posture. We tend to eat things that we are not designed to eat (processed foods, sugar, caffeine, alcohol etc). And we have lots of emotional stresses in our work and home lives.
I am constantly having people come in to see me in my practice saying, 'I am fit, I am on my feet all day, I run every day or I go to the gym everyday - aren't I fit?' What these people often don't realise is that there are 10 different aspects to fitness and that you cannot be truly considered fit unless you are able to perform in each of these areas.
Often the hardest thing about getting enough exercise is the motivation, which is why events like the upcoming City to Bay fun run (September 16) are so good. We have around about five weeks to get started and get in shape for the big race and it can be a great springboard to an ongoing exercise program. We all know the importance of cardiovascular fitness for our hearts and our health, and running one of the most ways to achieve this.
Australia is a paradox when it comes to physical activity. Nothing binds us together quite like our love of sport, yet we have alarmingly high levels of obesity with 10.5 million people either overweight or obese and up to 25% of children under 18 years of age also in that category. In fact in Australia alone the financial burden of obesity is estimated to cost $1.2 billion per year.
