Are You Sitting Too Much?
Right now you are probably sitting down to read this blog and staying seated for a few minutes is probably okay but the longer you sit the more agitated your body becomes. It sits there counting down the moments until you stand up again and take it for a walk. That may sound ridiculous because we love to sit right? Not really sitting for brief periods can help us recover from stress but nowadays our lifestyles make us sit much more than we move around and our bodies are simply not built for such a sedentary existence. In fact, just the opposite is true, the human body is built to move and you can see evidence of that in the way it is structured. Inside us are over 36o joints and about 700 skeletal muscles that enable easy, fluid motion. The body's unique physical structure gives the ability to stand straight against the pull of gravity. Our blood depends on us moving around to be able to circulate properly. Our nerve cells benefit from movements and our skin is elastic meaning it