Is spending all day on your feet at work an occupational hazard?
While traveling in Europe, Margaux Lantelme noticed something different about the store cashiers: they did their work sitting ...
5 easy exercises for your feet and ankles to relieve desk job aches and pains
In this six-part series, we'll give you quick exercises for different body parts every week to help you stay limber.
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The best balance ball chairs for healthier sitting
Sitting incorrectly ... be parallel to the ground with your knees bent at a 90-degree angle. The elbows should be bent at a 90-degree angle, and your arm from the elbow down should form a straight ...
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Flexibility expert recommends four stretches for easing back pain and tight hips after too much sitting
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground ... re sitting at your desk as you read this. At the very least, you’re probably sitting down – we ...
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A flexibility expert shares his four top stretches for fighting the effects of sitting at a desk all day
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground ... re sitting at your desk as you read this. At the very least, you’re probably sitting down – we ...
The Right Way to Do Boat Pose If You Really Want to Fire Up Your Abs
Boat pose is one of those yoga moves that’s as hard as it looks…if not harder. The exercise—which involves balancing on your ...
Reader's Digest29d
Here’s Why Flight Attendants Might Sit on Their Hands During Takeoff and Landing
As for the position of the legs, there’s a trick there too: “We’re trained to not cross our legs and to keep our feet ... physically sitting on their hands, flight attendants ground ...
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The Best Stomach Exercises for Stronger Abs
Place your hands on the ground before you and walk ... bent and a 3-pound dumbbell between your feet. Place your palms down and beneath your sitting bones. Concentrate on your lower abs, grab ...
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10 yoga poses you can do sitting in a chair
Be sure to keep the shoulders down. Then, exhale as you round ... Hold for three breaths, and switch sides. Sitting upright with your feet on the ground as wide as your hips, slowly hinge forward ...
The Washington Post26d
What happens when a theater critic can’t sit down?
Compared to the rigors of putting on a show, sitting down to watch one is supposed to ... But instead I was on my feet and (lesson learned) out of sight. Gazing over hundreds of heads and shifting ...
Ars Technica27d
For real, we may be taking blood pressure readings all wrong
We shouldn't be sitting at all when we take our blood pressure—we should be lying down. According to the study, published in JAMA Cardiology and led by researchers at Harvard, blood pressure ...
Live Science25d
Why do bats hang upside down to sleep?
Bats that are on the ground can still take off from a standing position, Pavuk said. But, "it is more difficult than initiating flight from a hanging-down position," he explained. However ...