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Health at Your Desk: A Chiropractic Perspective. Set Up, Get Moving, Get Healthy
This book is great for anyone that is having pain after sitting at their desk. This book is a great resource for corporate work stations or at home work stations. I also offer individual guidance and support for a proper desk setup to prevent injuries of the neck, back, and extremities.
Did you know that….
- Every hour of TV viewed after the age 25 reduces life expectancy 21.8 minutes.
- Women who sit more than six hours per day are 94% more likely to die than those that were physically active and sat less than three hours per day.
- In as little as 30 minutes of sitting, metabolic processes begin to deteriorate which include: increased blood pressure, increased blood sugars, and increased cholesterol levels.
- Over the counter antibiotics pills, there is an 89% reduction in a five-year mortality (death) rate.
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, often computer related, has the highest nonfatal injury related days off work, the high being 30 median work days missed.
- Absenteeism costs an average of $341 per employee and costs more than 153 billion dollars annually in the United States.