There was another interesting article this week in the media – again using a quote from a fitness ‘expert’ to formulate the story. The essence of which is that if you get up from your desk every 20 mins or so & walk around a little it will “help your body more than a 45 minute session at the gym”. I really think this kind of journalism is dangerous because it’s as if they are tying to give the impression that you can achieve results without much effort – this is just NOT the case!
There are so many flaws in this very general statement, in fact I’m sure there is no background research to it – especially as a 45 min session at the gym can be so many different things! However, I DO believe in the point they are making in terms of movement. I, along with a reported 80% of the worldwide population have had chronic back pain at some point. In Australia, (2003-4) 15% of the population or 3 million people reported having back problems & of these 39% were work related (Chiropractors Assoc. of Aust.).
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