Stuck at Home? Don’t Just Sit There!

Stuck at Home? Don’t Just Sit There!

We can’t get around as freely as before the coronavirus crisis, but we don’t have to take it sitting down.

Just the opposite, actually. Too much sitting has already been identified as a health hazard in recent years, particularly among older adults. It has been blamed for increasing the risk of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and premature aging, as well as cognitive decline among mature adults.

Sitting too much can hurt you even if you exercise regularly, the American Cancer Society says.

So now that we’re all spending more time at home, we need to make sure we’re not resting even more than we were before.

A byproduct of excessive sitting is tight hip flexors, which can hinder posture, gait, and athletic performance. And even though we might be working less, we’re still at our desks and computers, rounding our backs and straining our necks.

Proper exercise can relieve muscle soreness and tension, improving your walking, comfort, and mobility. Plenty of simple at-home exercises will do the trick, and we can show you how.

In addition, remember to get up more often and walk around. Break up an hour of sitting with a couple of minutes of light activity. Just turn off the TV and the computer, stand, stretch, and walk around the house, if nothing else.

The Cancer Society suggests we:

• Stand to fold laundry
• Exercise or stretch while watching TV
• Walk around during commercials

Stand up for your health, now more than ever.

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