Most office workers tend to sit for a whole day and rarely go out to relax. In fact, this is very harmful. Research has found that if a person sits for three consecutive hours, he or she will lose two years of life. What harm is sedentary? What are the ways to deal with it?
five parts that are easy to be hurt by sitting for a long time
1 heart injury
Sitting still for a long time will slow down the blood circulation, which will lead to cardiac function decline and myocardial atrophy. Especially for the middle-aged and old people with arteriosclerosis, sedentary blood circulation delay is most likely to induce myocardial infarction and cerebral thrombosis.
2 brain damaging
Sitting still for a long time and slowing down the blood circulation will lead to insufficient blood supply to the brain, damage the mind, and produce mental depression, which is manifested as physical fatigue, mental fatigue, and yawning for days. If you stand up suddenly, you will also have dizziness and other symptoms.
3 stomach injury
Sedentary and lack of whole-body movement will weaken gastrointestinal peristalsis and reduce the secretion of digestive juice. Over a long period of time, symptoms such as loss of appetite, indigestion and abdominal fullness will appear.
4 injured muscles and bones
Sedentary neck, shoulder and lumbar back keep a fixed posture for a long time, and the intervertebral disc and interspinous ligament are in a tense and rigid state for a long time, which will lead to stiff, sour and swollen pain in neck, shoulder and lumbar back, or difficulty in pitching and turning. Improper sitting posture can also easily lead to hunchback and bone hyperplasia. Sitting for a long time will also make the pelvis and sacroiliac joints bear weight for a long time, affect the blood circulation of the abdomen and lower limbs, thus inducing constipation, hemorrhoids, numbness of the lower limbs, and varicose veins of the lower limbs.
5 injured muscles
Sedentary for a long time, sluggish blood, lack of exercise will make muscles relax, reduce their elasticity, cause edema of lower limbs, fatigue and weakness, and even make muscles stiff, feel pain and numbness, leading to muscle atrophy.
how to deal with the harm of sedentary
If you work continuously for more than 1 hour, you should stop your work and do some stretching, head turning and body turning exercises. After work, you should take part in some sports that can move your whole body, such as jogging, badminton and swimming.
In addition, using appropriate equipment is also one of the magic weapons that can reduce the harm of sedentary. For example, a ring-shaped cushion can reduce the pressure on the affected part. This kind of hollow cushion can disperse the pressure of the tail vertebrae and buttocks, and reduce the probability of suffering from spinal and lumbar diseases.
Cultivate good eating habits. Eat more seaweed, underground root and stem foods, fresh vegetables and timely fruits. The rich dietary fiber can promote intestinal peristalsis, shorten the passage time of food, reduce the chance of harmful substances contained in food contacting intestinal mucosa, and adsorb and take away some harmful substances to reduce toxicity.
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