For those who don’t/can’t/won’t use a standing desk, the main problem caused by sitting all day is the shortening of the Psoas muscle. This shortening is the underlying cause of most modern back ailments - and even neck problems and the associated headaches. Psoas is the only major muscle that has no direct antagonist, because in a standing or quadruped posture, none is needed, so none was evolved. It’s only when sitting constantly that Psoas shortens, causing lordosis that then triggers flow-on effects up the spine (mid-back rounding, shoulder problems, neck tension, headaches, etc), and degradation of facet joints, spondylo- listhesis and vertebral joint failures.
If you work in a chair, you should learn to stretch the Psoas properly. I use either the “stork stretch” or lunges, but there are other ways of stretching it (the yoga warrior pose is akin to the lunge and provides the same benefits, stretching Psoas in the rearward leg). I wrote an extended blurb on this after spending some time researching it (triggered by my wife’s condition; she’s going in to spinal surgery almost as I write this!). This syndrome is widely understood in the medical fraternity but has not been well communicated, and I find that fact rather amazing. I would be very happy if someone with better graphic arts capability than I wanted to produce anatomical posture diagrams to accompany my write-up. Clifford Heath. On 30 Apr 2014, at 11:28 am, Marcus Holmes <[email protected]> wrote: > I made my own standing desk from an old coffee table last weekend. So far so > good, my legs and back hate me but I'm feeling the benefits. > > I work from multiple locations, but what inspired me to build this one is the > standing desks at Spacecubed which I use when I'm there. > My version is not remotely portable, and I very much doubt I'd be in the > market for a portable version, but I'm happy to share my experience if it > helps. > > On Tuesday, April 29, 2014 1:54:53 PM UTC+8, James Moore wrote: > Hi Guys, > > We are launching our portable standing desk on kickstarter in a couple months > (prototype pics here). > > I am reaching out to anyone who has hacked their own standing desk and works > from multiple locations (a niche market I know :). If this is you and you > have a spare 30 minutes please let me know. > > Any help would be great. > > Thanks, > > James > [email protected] > http://www.zestdesk.com/ > > P.S. If you know anyone who fits the above description and is happy to talk > please let me know as well > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more > > Forum rules > 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. > 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs > > > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Silicon Beach Australia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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