Deskbound: Standing Up to a Sitting World

Unless we are asleep, we human beings are designed to move. Our normal physiology depends on this important fact. We evolved a central nervous system to sense changes around us and to move us through our environment. For nearly 200,000 years, Homo sapiens spent the majority of their time on the move. If they wanted something to eat, they had to hun

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The Centers for Disease Control reports that we are spending 75 cents of every health-care dollar on chronic conditions linked to sedentary behavior, like obesity, diabetes, and heart disease.11 According to the National Institutes of Heath, back pain affects 8 of 10 people in their lifetime, and it is the leading cause of disability worldwide.12 I

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