Active Sitting

If you are someone that spends 8 hours at your desk doing website development or secretary for someone, listen up. Sitting for long periods of time has been shown to completely damage your body. It has been linked to heart disease and diabetes. When we sit for long periods of time, our bodies start to degrade and the muscles shorten and weaken. Not only should you move around during breaks but also throughout the day. Take a couple breaks during your day and roll each foot on massage ball or small frozen water bottle. Shoe off, press down on the ball or bottle and roll it back and forth over the arch of your foot allowing the pressure to loosen up the tissues and increase circulation. Constant sitting shortens the hip flexors, so you need to stretch the anterior capsule and surrounding musculature of the hips as well as the quads with some lunges.