The Health Hazards of Sitting

Sunday, January 26th, 2014

Here is a brief, and interesting infographic from The Washington Post.

Ironically, I’m willing to bet that the uncredited artist who drew this infographic looks just like the person in the image.

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    Patterson Clark made the graphic, and no, he doesn't look like that!

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    I caught myself sitting in that exact pose as I was reading it.

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    My office chair slump is actually frighteningly worse.

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    They forgot to mention potential knee problems due to muscle atrophy, which in turn can lead to tendon injuries during physical activities.

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    I would love more spotlight on this topic, am trying to find a good working position and it is hard to get it right.
    I think many of us have a bad sitting position?

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    The best thing for employees to do is to use a donut-shaped pillow to sit on
    To avoid hemorrhoids and pilonidal sinus