Sitting for a long time can cause various side effects on physical and mental health.
What are the chances that multiple readers will read this article while sitting or lying down? Too high, right? The irony. Yes, many of us here are guilty of sitting too long. In offices, most of us sit for hours at a time. It’s good if you do some physical exercises and have a routine, but staying in one place for hours is a major warning sign regarding your relationship with our body. It’s pretty undoable exercise routine. Well, it’s you but not all you. The convenience of technology has made us sit glued to screens behind desks. From work to entertainment, everything is available on the screen. According to the American Heart Association, sedentary jobs have increased 83 percent since 1950, Hopkinsmedicine.org reported.
All this inactivity can pave the way for several serious adverse health effects. There is a literal term that people use, ‘sitting sickness’ that has arisen in this digital age.
May shorten shelf life
Wondering how sitting reduces life expectancy? Sitting too long makes you prone to health problems. It puts you at risk for heart attack, cancer, diabetes, and increased blood pressure. Because physical health has effects on mental health, and vice versa, people are also at higher risk of developing mental health problems such as anxiety or depression.
Weight gain
According to the Healthline.com report, when we sit down all day, molecules like lipoprotein lipase aren’t released as much as they should, increasing the risk of weight gain. It can even lead to obesity.
fatigue all day
He is sitting all day but he is still tired. That’s one of the side effects if he sits too long. There is a feeling of exhaustion that interrupts the daily routine after being in one position for seven or eight hours straight.
posture imbalance
When we sit too long, sometimes we slump down, sometimes we sit upright. Therefore, it is important to sit in the correct posture or else we may experience severe pain in different areas that may affect the posture of the tour in the future. It also causes compression on the spinal discs. Furthermore, it can lead to premature degeneration resulting in chronic pain.
My back hurts? pain in my neck
Yes, sitting too long hurts your back. When we sit for a long time, there is additional pressure on our lower back, nerves, tendons, etc. You can also get a stiff neck from constantly working with screens.
So folks, why not set an alarm or remember to take short breaks and take a walk around the room or building?
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