2023-07-04 01:23:19
Sedentary lifestyle today has become a very common lifestyle among people. According to statistics provided by the World Health Organization (WHO), 86% of adolescents, along with 27.5% of adults, do not perform physical exercises in their daily routine. This will continue to increase due to the greater use of transport that does not generate any effort, excessively comfortable life and routine work in offices, or even at home in front of the screens.
Consequences of a sedentary lifestyle at work?
Quietness in your workplace would double the risk of generating cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and obesity; Likewise, it would increase the possibility of suffering high blood pressure, osteoporosis, breast and colon cancer, among other diseases.
In addition to regular exercise, it is important that employees commit to incorporating some form of physical activity into their daily lives.
That is why the WHO recommended 150 weekly minutes of moderate sport (walking, cycling, swimming, etc.) or 75 weekly minutes of sustained activity (running, jogging, etc.).
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What exercises can be done?
According to the Health Secretary Sedentary lifestyle and physical inactivity are the main risk factors that can be modified to improve living conditions. However, in Bogotá, 5 out of 10 women and 4 out of 10 men over 18 years of age do not perform any physical activity due to unclear justifications.
Recently, the osteopath Julien Leprêtre spoke in Health and Something Else and offered some exercises that can be done in the office, the classroom or even at home to combat a sedentary lifestyle.
These exercises can be done from the chair and are for the lower back and shoulders
Lower back
For this exercise, as explained by the expert, you must:
Sit down and straighten up You will do a push-up with your back, that is, wave your lower back, make it as round as possible Then you should arch your back as much as possible You can even raise your head The exercise can be repeated 10 times because it is an excellent muscle activator in the back, stimulates blood circulation
Shoulders – rotator cuff muscles
For this exercise, as explained by the expert, you must:
Raise your elbows out to 90 degrees (your arms and shoulders should form a stretched horizontal line) Then your arms will be rotated to push them back, forming a cactus. Then you should open your chest, straighten up and push your forearms back as far as possible. possible There you should feel the contraction of the muscles in the back of the shoulders.
Remember that it is important that if you feel pain or some type of consequence related to a sedentary lifestyle, it is relevant that you consult your doctor.
You can listen to the exercise guide below.
How to combat sedentary lifestyle? osteopath explains
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