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3 Ways Your Desk Job Is Bad For Your Health

With the amount of people the world over who have desk jobs, you’d think that they’d be a little healthier for someone to be a part of. However, spending hours and hours sitting each day, be it at an actual desk or in some other form, can actually end up being extremely harmful to your health. Even if you are more active during the hours you’re not at work, it takes a lot for you to counterbalance that damage that’s done during the majority of your day. So to show you just what’s being done to your body in the hopes of encouraging you to find more ways to combat these effects, here are three ways your desk job is bad for your health.

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Originally posted on October 31, 2018 @ 2:52 pm

Things You Need In Order To Open Your Own Spa

For anyone that is passionate about health and wellness, owning your own spa could be a dream come true. Spas are service-oriented businesses that work to help people feel good on the inside and on the outside. As a spa owner, you could be the person in charge of changing people’s lives.

There are a lot of things that go into opening a spa. It starts with your business plan, but it goes way beyond that. You need workers, the right licenses, and you need the right space. Not to mention advertising and equipment. [Read more…]

Originally posted on March 25, 2017 @ 8:51 am

Your Chair and You

If you are the typical employee you probably spend a large part of your time in your little cubicle, sitting on your chair, typing at your computer. While this sounds easy, you would know that that is far from real. Now what made me decide to deal with this topic? Simply because like you, I have been reaping the results of my daily activities. Back pain, sharp pains in the neck, numb behind – do these symptoms sound familiar?

While there is nothing much that we can do about our job description (sitting all the time!), there is something that we can do about the pain that we experience due to a sedentary lifestyle. For one, check out your chair. Ever since people started to exhibit symptoms like the ones I described above, different sectors have been trying to improve the conditions that employees have to work in. We may take our chairs for granted but in fact, they are one major factor.

The best chair that you can have is one that can be adjusted with regards to height and tilt. More often than not, when I start feeling pain on my neck, I adjust the height of my chair until I find a more comfortable position. Yet more than that, we have to bear in mind that the best chair means nothing if we do not have the proper sitting posture. This is essential for long term health. Another thing, why not take a break from sitting down every so often and stand up for a bit. Take a short walk, pace the office, get a cup of coffee or whatever – as long as you give your body a break from that sitting position.

Originally posted on July 29, 2010 @ 12:01 am