It’s no secret that sitting in front of a monitor and keyboard for eight to twelve hours a day, six days a week causes a myriad of health risks.
Some of the obvious ones are:
- Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) such as carpal tunnel
- High Blood Pressure
- Obesity
- Thrombosis
- Even Sudden Death
Exercise hasn’t been so lacking in our nation’s 240 years.
Simply standing up, stretching and walking around periodically throughout the day could prevent so many of these issues. A recent study showed the difference between an unhealthy and obese worker and a healthy and fit worker is two hours a day more walking – even if it’s only one mile an hour.
Schools are built to train kids to stay seated. This sedentary society is bound to fall apart, and it’s predictably going to happen right at the overstretched seams. Several schools have installed DDR games to help kids drop the weight.
My brother found a good open-source application called WorkRave that aims to help people prevent cubicle lethargy from causing many of the diseases mentioned above.