Physical problems faced by employees who have to sit for long durations
Posted on: 23/Mar/2016 6:20:02 PM
In the recent trend of current style, there are more number of employees who have to sit & do work for long durations than those employees who need to bend & stretch.
Especially when you think of the software field, most of the employees have to spend most of their times sitting in front of their computers. They accomplish their entire job in a sitting posture only.
However, it is a well-known fact that sitting for long hours will affect the body.
If a person keeps sitting 8 to 10 hours at the same place, the effects are even more harmful.There are a variety of problems encountered by these employees.
Most of the people who sit continuously for long durations are affected mostly by back-ache. Back-ache is caused when you keep sitting for long durations without any scope of moving the tissues in the body. In case this habit is continued stretching for several months & years, there will be total severe back pain leading to greater harms. So, keep the body stretched every now and then without keeping sitting for continuous long hours.
A recent research has established that metabolic system and its functioning will get affected greatly. When metabolic system is affected, the lipo-protein content in cholesterol gets reduced. This reduction can cause a lot of harms to the body.
Sitting continuously for long durations reduced the production of insulin in the body. This complaint is more frequent among women more than men. So, women will have to get into the habit of moving around doing all types of domestic chores when they return home from their long-sitting office hours. It is even better to avoid sitting for long hours continuously in the office itself.
Sometimes, neck pain results due to sitting continuously for long durations. It is advisable to consult the doctor immediately as this can lead to inflammation or swelling in backbones.
This is because the backbones are linked to the neck and hence they are immediately affected when there is a pain in the neck.
So, in order to counter the long sitting hours in the office, it is best advised that these people should take to doing physical exercises daily. This is not only good for physical good health, but also improves the longevity.
