The Sitting Disease: Restore Your Posture and Eliminate Body Pain in 10 Minutes a Day

by Heidi Roberts, Katie Roberts, Julie Rocha Buel (Illustrator)

Is pain forcing you to put your life on pause? Are you holding back on major life goals or adventures or hobbies because you’re always in pain? If you spend most of your day sitting, you’re likely suffering from back pain, neck pain, chronic body pain, obesity, heart disease, even depression. You wonder what it would feel like to truly be pain-free. You’ve tried exercises, stretches, massages, chiropractors, pain pills, and everything in between, but you don’t know how the pain will ever go away, if you’re sitting at your desk working all day. The Sitting Disease is a science-backed, simple, action-oriented system for sustainable pain relief. In this book, you’ll learn how Eliminate pain and prevent injury with a 10-Minute Body Maintenance System Design your workstation to correct physical imbalances and restore healthy posture Accelerate your productivity while working ( sitting all day slows down your brain, too!) Get your work day finished efficiently, use the rest of your time for adventures, and sustain an active, pain-free lifestyle Whether you’re an entrepreneur, a 9-to-5-er, or the product of a sedentary life (ahem, Netflix), this book will show you remarkably simple and effective techniques to get the most out of your body, so you can really live.

Genres: Self Help, Health

150 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2017

Reviews

[Paula ϟ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overall, good quick read on posture, the negative effects of sitting and a sedentary lifestyle, and the ways we can combat it. The author provides 10 daily exercises that we can incorporate into our fitness routine to help stretch and restore posture. I'll list the 10 exercises here for reference.

The main 2 takeaways from this one:
1) Breathing proper deep breaths is vital to our health and a powerful way to realign ourselves
2) If sitting at a desk job, it is so important to get up every hour, stretch it out and walk around, even for just a few minutes. As someone who works in an office or at home from a laptop, this is wise advice, that I will more purposefully incorporate into my life.

Upper body stretches: Neck stretch, Upper Body Nerve Glide, Chest Opener Stretch, Shoulder Reset Stretch, Shoulders + Mid Back Stretch

Lower body stretches: Piriformis Stretch, Hip + Quad Stretch, Hamstring + Low Back Stretch, Seated Spine Stretch, Calf + Lower Leg Stretch

[Katarina · Rating 4 out of 5]

I feel like I've been sitting too much and it's been affecting my health, so I downloaded this book on Kindle Unlimited. I think it did a good job of motivating me to stand, move, and stretch more during my days. The agenda it sets out is actionable and reasonable.

[Lyn Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sit,,,,bad

The book points out the obvious fact we all know, deep down. Sitting too much is a very bad thing to do. Presents good activities to mitigate some of the effects.

[Julio Cortés · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very informative

I like how simple the problems and solutions are. Out was a quick and powerful read that everyone should take the time to do, as it could really impact your life for the better.