{"id":369900,"date":"2018-07-18T13:55:05","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T12:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/simple-exercises-to-help-reverse-damage\/"},"modified":"2018-07-18T13:55:05","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T12:55:05","slug":"simple-exercises-to-help-reverse-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/simple-exercises-to-help-reverse-damage\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple Exercises To Help Reverse Damage"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you are here and reading this, chances are you have a job that involves long periods of sitting, and most likely staring at a screen. This has become the norm in our modern society and because our bodies are designed to move, to stretch and well, basically to be used, sitting for extended periods of time is causing us some\u00a0serious<\/em><\/a>\u00a0damage. Some people are going as far as to say that sitting is the new smoking.<\/p>\n

Have you experienced those moments when you finally get up from a sitting position and your butt is completely numb? Excessive sitting causes your legs and hips to become tight and leaves your glutes completely inactive, which does nothing to strengthen these areas. Then there is the dreaded slouch over the desk and computer that could be ruining your posture as well.<\/p>\n

Think about how our society was before the industrial revolution, stock market and even recently with the invention of the computer. Us humans were tending our own gardens, washing and hanging our own clothes, we didn\u2019t have cars and were, by default, much more active than we are today. We didn\u2019t even have\u00a0couches to sit<\/a>\u00a0on at the end of the day or more screens, in various shapes and sizes to stare at whilst sitting. It is straight up unnatural for our bodies to spend so much time being inactive and we are starting to see the consequences.<\/p>\n

However, having awareness is the first step towards change, and there are some simple ways that you can begin to undo the damage that is caused by sitting. So without further a due, here are 7 simple exercises you can do now to reduce the damage caused by sitting.
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