{"id":1380559,"date":"2018-12-03T23:08:01","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T06:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/local-news\/return-to-good-health-column-standing-desks-help-but-arent-enough\/"},"modified":"2018-12-03T23:08:01","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T06:08:01","slug":"return-to-good-health-column-standing-desks-help-but-arent-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/local-news\/return-to-good-health-column-standing-desks-help-but-arent-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"Return to Good Health column: Standing desks help but aren\u2019t enough"},"content":{"rendered":"

People benefit by improving their office ergonomics with modern know-how. Better chairs and standing desks make a big difference in fatigue and pain for office workers. The problem is that it’s just not enough.
\nTo survive a 40-plus-hour week in the office, it takes more exercise than the average person is getting. It takes at least an hour per day of exercise to out-do the sitting.
\nSome of this exercise needs to be “corrective” to balance out the postural contortions that we get ourselves into with office work.
\nThe average American spends seven hours per day sitting.
\nWe tend to be more active here in Colorado, but many of my new patients seem to get into a sedentary rut that leads to physical symptoms such as neck and back pain. This sedentary lifestyle is deadly, even with modern ergonomic improvements.
\nThe standing desk will help, but nothing beats daily exercise. Here are a few tips:
\n\u2022 Make time to get some exercise throughout the day. Short walks and taking the stairs adds up and keeps you moving. Take advantage of small exercise opportunities.
\n\u2022 Learn a few corrective exercises from a qualified trainer or therapist. This will help you to avoid the fatigue that affects your posture, which usually leads to spinal injuries.
\n\u2022 Stretch a little throughout the day. This movement will help you avoid repetitive stress and help to keep you from tightening up from staying in the same position for too long.
\nDr. Vukelich can be reached at 180\u00b0 Wellness in Glenwood Springs at 945-4440. …read more<\/a> <\/p>\n

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People benefit by improving their office ergonomics with modern know-how. Better chairs and standing desks make a big difference in fatigue and pain for office workers. The problem is that it’s just not enough.
\nTo survive a 40-plus-hour week in the office, it takes more exercise than the average person is getting. It takes at least an hour per day of exercise to out-do the sitting.
\nSome of this exercise needs to be “corrective” to balance out the postural contortions that we get ourselves into with office work.
\nThe average American spends seven hours per day sitting.
\nWe tend to be more active here in Colorado, but many of my new patients seem to get into a sedentary rut that leads to physical symptoms such as neck and back pain. This sedentary lifestyle is deadly, even with modern ergonomic improvements.
\nThe standing desk will help, but nothing beats daily exercise. Here are a few tips:
\n\u2022 Make time to get some exercise throughout the day. Short walks and taking the stairs adds up and keeps you moving. Take advantage of small exercise opportunities.
\n\u2022 Learn a few corrective exercises from a qualified trainer or therapist. This will help you to avoid the fatigue that affects your posture, which usually leads to spinal injuries.
\n\u2022 Stretch a little throughout the day. This movement will help you avoid repetitive stress and help to keep you from tightening up from staying in the same position for too long.
\nDr. Vukelich can be reached at 180\u00b0 Wellness in Glenwood Springs at 945-4440. …read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[112],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1380559","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-10 20:12:18","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KKCH - The Lift FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1380559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1380559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1380559\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1380559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1380559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1380559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}