Overcome Your Sedentary Lifestyle (black & White): A Practical Guide To Improving Health, Fitness, And Well-being For Desk Dwellers And Couch Potatoes

Is a sedentary lifestyle killing you? Are you gaining weight, developing neck pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, back problems, or other health issues that are interfering with your ability to achieve your goals or live life to the fullest? Sedentary Lifestyle Syndrome (SLS) TM is one of the fastest growing health care crises of our time. In this digital age of techno-overload, where most of our waking hours are spent sitting, or otherwise “connected” to some device, we are quickly realizing the negative effects. If you can answer yes to the following questions, you may be suffering from SLS. •Do you sit for at least 6-8 hours per day without adequate breaks? •Have you gained significant weight from lack of exercise and poor nutrition? •Do you suffer from headaches, fatigue, listlessness, and lack of motivation? •Have you been diagnosed with one or more health issues aggravated by prolonged sitting and lack of movement? (ie: Obesity, depression, heart disease, diabetes, metabolic syndrome) Overcome Your Sedentary Lifestyle is the practical guide you need. Author and Holistic Health Care professional, PJ Sharon, includes tips to keep you healthy—even if sitting is in your job description. Ms. Sharon offers easy to implement solutions for proper work station set-up, exercises for injury prevention and treatment, and a practical plan for self-care success—whether you’re perched on the couch, or on the way to fulfilling your dreams. Isn’t it time for you to stand up for your life? Chapter 1 Understanding Your Body......Page 12 Chapter 2 Prevention......Page 21 Chapter 3 Pain Management......Page 30 Chapter 4 Choosing your Health Care Team......Page 40 Chapter 5 Fighting the Battle of the Bulge......Page 52 Chapter 6 Metabolic Syndrome (And why “diets” don’t work)......Page 70 Chapter 7 Importance of Sleep......Page 82 Chapter 8 Ergonomics 101......Page 89 Chapter 9 Exercise Basics......Page 102 Chapter 10 Stretching Exercises......Page 113 Chapter 11 Strengthening Exercises......Page 154 Chapter 12 Treatment and Self Care......Page 187 Chapter 13 Stress Management 101......Page 223 Chapter 14 Making or Breaking a Habit......Page 241 Chapter 15 Tips for Special Groups......Page 255 Chapter 16 PJ’s Snack Healthy Tips & Smoothie Recipes......Page 272