WORKING WHILE STANDING HARMFUL TO FEET
posted: Oct. 22, 2019.
Hemingway did it. Churchill did it. So, let's do it. Let's all stand up while we work. Not so fast, says podiatrist Gina Badenhorst, secretary of the Podiatry Association of South Africa. "Long periods of standing in professions such as hairdressers and teachers create problems," Badenhorst explains. "The continuous upright posture causes sore feet, legs, and backs."
Gina Badenhorst |
Medically, sitting is not good for you: numerous studies, including one published in February by the University of Western Sydney in Australia, have linked very elevated risk levels for a variety of serious medical conditions to sitting for more than four hours a day, regardless of lifestyle. "Never stand still in one place for long periods of time," she cautions. "One needs to move around to get the calf muscles working and blood to be pumped back up to the heart."
Source: James Francis, Mail & Guardian
Courtesy of Barry Block, editor of PM News.