Tip: How to Survive Your Seated Lifestyle
07.01.2011
Dr. Ragnar Viir, who's worked 40 years in rehabilitation medicine, is convinced that many health problems associated with our seated lifestyle can be avoided much more easily than we'd think.
We live in an age of office rats and articles about how computers cripple people. Our muscles are constantly strained and back pain has become an everyday topic. It seems we're burdened with diseases of well-being.
Long periods of seated immobility have become the norm and have resulted in a multitude of serious health problems, even death. A 24-year-old Korean is even reported to be dying of “eThrombosis” after playing an Internet computer game continuously for about 80 hours.
40 years in rehabilitation medicine and the work he accomplished for his recently defended doctorate have convinced Dr. Ragnar Viir that many health problems associated with our seated lifestyle can be avoided much more easily than we would usually think.
Read the full strory from the UT Blog (also features a VIDEO tutorial of the suggested excercise!)
Kadri Kirst
Senior Specialist for PR
Communications Office
University of Tartu
Phone +372 737 5509
Mobile +372 50 70 963
kadri [dot] kirst [ät] ut [dot] ee
We live in an age of office rats and articles about how computers cripple people. Our muscles are constantly strained and back pain has become an everyday topic. It seems we're burdened with diseases of well-being.
Long periods of seated immobility have become the norm and have resulted in a multitude of serious health problems, even death. A 24-year-old Korean is even reported to be dying of “eThrombosis” after playing an Internet computer game continuously for about 80 hours.
40 years in rehabilitation medicine and the work he accomplished for his recently defended doctorate have convinced Dr. Ragnar Viir that many health problems associated with our seated lifestyle can be avoided much more easily than we would usually think.
Read the full strory from the UT Blog (also features a VIDEO tutorial of the suggested excercise!)
Kadri Kirst
Senior Specialist for PR
Communications Office
University of Tartu
Phone +372 737 5509
Mobile +372 50 70 963
kadri [dot] kirst [ät] ut [dot] ee