Deskbound – Kelly Starrett

Sitting may be harmful to your health in more ways than one, and not only in the form of minor aches and pains. Recent research indicates that excessive sitting relates to a variety of ailments, ranging from obesity and diabetes to cancer and depression. The average sitting office worker sustains more musculoskeletal injuries than employees who perform daily physical activity. It turns out that sitting is just as dangerous as lifting large weights at work. The statistics are in: sitting physically cuts your life short. Your chair is your adversary, and it is killing your body.

Dr. Kelly Starrett, renowned physical therapist and author of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller Becoming a Supple Leopard, reveals a thorough battle strategy for surviving our chair-centric world in this breakthrough new book. Deskbound offers innovative solutions for minimizing the amount of time you spend sitting, as well as techniques for changing your desk into a dynamic, active workspace that may enrich your life.

You will discover how to:

Identify and correct harmful body postures with ease.

Get rid of back, neck, and shoulder discomfort.

Carpal tunnel syndrome can never be eliminated.

Organize and support your spine and trunk.

With precision, walk, hinge, squat, and carry.

Use 14 mobility templates for everyday body maintenance to relieve discomfort and increase range of motion.

Whether you want to improve your performance at work or at home, lose weight, or just live pain-free, Deskbound can help. It is a novel remedy for desk death.