Aileen Flynn is clinical specialist physiotherapist in musculoskeletal care at the the Beacon Hospital, Sandyford, Dublin. She is also a triathlete. She recently wrote this article for The Irish Times… Modern life has resulted in many of us adapting to a sedentary lifestyle. If you are desk-bound at work and sit on your journey to […]
We have put 3 standing desks (sit-stand) into one of Manchester’s largest and most forward thinking Council offices for a 6 week trial. Today we attended their Health and Wellbeing day to explain face to face with employees the benefits of active working and standing desks. The response was overwhelmingly positive. In the UK just […]
Edinburgh University recently released information that had some astounding content…middle-aged male office workers spend more time sitting down than pensioners. Their study found 45 to 54-year-old men spend on average 7.8 hours per weekday sitting down, compared to 7.4 hours for men aged over-75. Sedentary work is the main reason for the inactivity, with sedentary […]
Today we dropped off 3 standing desks (a BigJack Manual, a MiniJack and an EIGER Laptop) for a 6 week trial at one of Manchester’s largest councils. The UK workplace is definitely starting to understand the negatives of sedentary behaviour and how standing desks are a significant part of the solution to improve health and […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in America recommend that adults engage in at least 2.5 hours of physical activity per week. The CDC also reports that only 1 in 5 adults get this much physical activity. People who do not get the exercise they need are more likely to die prematurely or develop a range of […]
Research suggests simple changes like moving more and eating the right food could be the key to tackling the painful condition that affects 10 million UK adults. Some 8.5 million sufferers have the most common form osteoarthritis – which is caused by wear and tear on joints. For decades it was thought to simply be part […]
Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson doesn’t need much introducing as one of the UK’s most famous and successful paralympians. She is now at the head of UK Active. Prior to the recent UK elections she wrote about her manifesto to get Britain more active. This is what she said… Thursday sees people across the UK, some for the […]
Carrying on from yesterday here’s some more information on how inactivity affects our major organs and health… Lungs When you sit down all day, you reduce the amount of oxygen entering your body. Sitting results in less space for your lungs to expand when you breathe and limits the amount of oxygen that fills your lungs. […]
We spend, on average, almost nine hours a day sat down – and that’s not taking into account the eight hours we spend lying down, asleep. You might be sat there thinking ‘not me’, but when you break your day down into time spent commuting, sitting at work, commuting back home again and sitting down to […]
Today we dropped off 7 trial EIGER classroom standing desks at Brudenell Primary School in Leeds (UK). Brudenell Primary is a forward thinking school that is part of Active School Leeds and are keen to improve both classroom performance and well-being. Jo Davies is the Co-Headteacher who will be monitoring the children over the next 2 […]
