Movement and Exercise for the Sedentary Lifestyle

Due to prolonged exposure to inactivity at workspaces, people recently suffer from various health problems.

I think that moving around is essential for maintaining a sound physical condition.
Physical exercise and activity is crucial in order for human beings to perform to their potential in all aspects. The proper application of exercise can help a person avoid stress from multiple sources such as sitting in a position for prolonged periods of time, or lack of cardiovascular activity, as well as limited muscular activation.

Having bad posture, or even just sitting for prolonged periods of time is more stressful for the body than most people perceive. when sitting in a hard chair with little or no adjustments, muscles can shorten or cramp up. When staying seated, the legs are at an approximate angle of 90 degrees out from the torso. This is a relatively flexed state, providing little flexion for the muscular structures. Eventually, the hip flexor, who is tight throughout, can become considerably shorter, limiting range of motion in tasks such as walking, standing, and basically any movement that involves stretching your legs.

Then hip flexor however is not the only muscle affected. Posture can also be affected quite quickly. If one sits with a laptop or mobile, the body tends to hunch over, it also can do this in the case of sitting with tired muscles after longer periods of sitting. This hunch may seem harmless at first, however the hunching or slouching of your back, limits activation in muscles such as your rear delts, lower back, abdominal muscles, traps, and shoulders.
So the muscles are less activated, but who cares? sitting in a chair is not supposed to be tiring.
Well, it is not quite that simple. If the muscles are less activated, and we hunch forward, the neck, nearly always follows, giving us a stereotypical cave-man like look. with an extended neck, relaxed core and un flexed hip, we can already start to see where this is leading. This posture creates a lot of stress on our bone structure, specifically our spine and neck.

When the neck extends, the angle of our spine becomes more and more steep, and compensating for this is the lack of arch in the lower back. This again creates stress on the cervical vertebra, and ultimately can lead to permanent wear on the pillow like discs in the spine. This again can cause discomfort and pain when actually exercising or moving, which then makes it feel like moving is bad because you can obtain injuries from it, which certainly is not true. Following this, people might cease to move altogether, and i think we all know how the situation is progressing by now.

In conclusion, moving, and focusing on correct posture and activity levels is the only wise thing to do. If the situation already is bad, hope however, is not lost. It is possible, to strengthen muscles, and correct bad habits and bone structures. By exercising regularly, and doing basic exercises to strengthen back muscles such as the deltoids, by means of simple inventions such as a rubber pull-band in a YTWL formation. Contracting and activating supporting muscles in the back can quickly improve posture and limit pains. Cardiovascular exercise is also recommended in order to maintain a healthy blood circulation and cardiac stamina.
Moving around is the only way to prevent serious anatomical damages and general discomfort. In addition to this it can greatly benefit focus, awareness and mental well being through emotions of accomplishment, further raising self-esteem.