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Deskbound : standing up to a sitting world / Dr. Kelly Starrett with Juliet Starrett and Glen Cordoza.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Las Vegas, NV : Victory Belt Publishing, 2016.Description: 368 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1628600586
  • 9781628600582
Other title:
  • Desk bound
Subject(s):
Contents:
Consequences of poor posture. The rounded spine: a flexion fault ; The arched spine: the too-much-extension fault ; The side slouch: the high hip/high shoulder fault -- Natural body principles: how to organize and stabilize your spine, hips, and shoulders. The importance of an organized and stable spine ; Creating a ready spine ; The rotational key: stabilizing your hips and shoulders ; The bracing sequence: reclaiming a good spinal shape -- Moving well: walking hinging, squatting, and stable shoulders. Walking ; Hinging and squatting ; One-hundred-year shoulders -- The dynamic workstation. Standing workstation guidelines ; The active workstation: creating a movement-rich environment ; From sitting to standing: how to transition safely to a standing workstation -- Optimizing your sitting mechanics. Sitting on the ground (two pillars) ; Passive sitting (no pillars, really) ; Sitting survival -- Performing basic maintenance on your body. A systematic approach: mechanics, lifestyle, and mobility ; How to treat musculoskeletal pain ; How to improve range of motion ; Mobilization methods ; Mobility tools ; Mobility guidelines -- Mobility prescriptions. Programming for mobility ; Whole-body mobility prescriptions ; Head, neck, and jaw ; Upper back, trapezius, and scapula ; Chest and anterior shoulder ; Posterior shoulder and lat ; Low back and trunk ; Elbow ; Forearm, wrist, and hand ; Glutes ; Hip ; Upper leg ; Knee ; Lower leg (calf and shin) ; Ankle, foot, and toes ; Deskbound Rx.
Summary: As recent studies show that too much sitting can wreak havoc on your health, a physical therapist and best-selling author provide creative solutions for reducing the amount of time sitting and strategies for the workplace and school that will improve productivity and overall health.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Sitting can wreak havoc on your health, and not just in the form of minor aches and pains. Recent studies show that too much sitting contributes to a host of diseases-from obesity and diabetes to cancer and depression. The typical seated office worker suffers from more musculoskeletal injuries than those workers who do daily manual labor. It turns out that sitting is as much an occupational risk as is lifting heavy weights on the job. The facts are in- sitting literally shortens your life. Your chair is your enemy, and it is murdering your body.

In this groundbreaking new book, Dr. Kelly Starrett-renowned physical therapist and author of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller Becoming a Supple Leopard -unveils a detailed battle plan for surviving our chair-centric society. Deskbound provides creative solutions for reducing the amount of time you spend perched on your backside, as well as strategies for transforming your desk into a dynamic, active workstation that can improve your life. You will learn how to-

. Easily identify and fix toxic body positions
.Eradicate back, neck, and shoulder pain
.Mitigate carpel tunnel syndrome forever
.Organize and stabilize your spine and trunk
.Walk, hinge, squat, and carry with peak skill
.Perform daily body maintenance work using fourteen mobility templates for resolving pain and increasing range of motion

Whether your goal is to maximize your performance in or out of the workplace, lose weight, or simply live pain-free, Deskbound will work for you. It is a revolutionary cure for death-by-desk.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 354-358) and index.

Consequences of poor posture. The rounded spine: a flexion fault ; The arched spine: the too-much-extension fault ; The side slouch: the high hip/high shoulder fault -- Natural body principles: how to organize and stabilize your spine, hips, and shoulders. The importance of an organized and stable spine ; Creating a ready spine ; The rotational key: stabilizing your hips and shoulders ; The bracing sequence: reclaiming a good spinal shape -- Moving well: walking hinging, squatting, and stable shoulders. Walking ; Hinging and squatting ; One-hundred-year shoulders -- The dynamic workstation. Standing workstation guidelines ; The active workstation: creating a movement-rich environment ; From sitting to standing: how to transition safely to a standing workstation -- Optimizing your sitting mechanics. Sitting on the ground (two pillars) ; Passive sitting (no pillars, really) ; Sitting survival -- Performing basic maintenance on your body. A systematic approach: mechanics, lifestyle, and mobility ; How to treat musculoskeletal pain ; How to improve range of motion ; Mobilization methods ; Mobility tools ; Mobility guidelines -- Mobility prescriptions. Programming for mobility ; Whole-body mobility prescriptions ; Head, neck, and jaw ; Upper back, trapezius, and scapula ; Chest and anterior shoulder ; Posterior shoulder and lat ; Low back and trunk ; Elbow ; Forearm, wrist, and hand ; Glutes ; Hip ; Upper leg ; Knee ; Lower leg (calf and shin) ; Ankle, foot, and toes ; Deskbound Rx.

As recent studies show that too much sitting can wreak havoc on your health, a physical therapist and best-selling author provide creative solutions for reducing the amount of time sitting and strategies for the workplace and school that will improve productivity and overall health.

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