The Healthy Desk Jockey Blog
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Sitting All Day is Linked to an Increased Risk of Cancer
Did YOU know?
Sitting all day is linked to an increased risk of fatal cancer.
The Good News...
Replacing sitting time with 30 minutes of daily activity is associated with lower risk of cancer death...
Develop Tiny Habits of Self-Care During These Stressful Times
Amid remote working, virtual meetings, family care and relentless COVID worrying, it’s important for you to take care of yourself—even if this care occurs in micro moments throughout your day. Self-ca...
The Humble Tennis Ball: A Desk Worker's Best Friend
[The Poor Man/Woman Massage]
If you are a desk jockey (i.e., you sit working on the computer most of the day), chances are you struggle with all the musculoskeletal aches and pains that come from the...
Healthy Habits: The Checklist Strategy
Pilots use them before takeoff. Surgeons use them before surgery. And many of us use them before grocery shopping. They are a proven and effective method that can increase productivity, reduce error, ...
Boosting Immunity: Sifting Fact From Fiction
Should I take supplements? Should I be eating oysters? Greek yogurt? Berries? How about herbs—should I eat them? grow them? Should I be running? Walking? Sleeping? What about Kombucha?
As worries abo...
Corporate Wellness for a Rising Remote Workforce
In the face of the coronavirus pandemic, organizations have had to quickly turn to remote work as a necessary step to continue their operations. Prior to this, only 3.6% of the workforce worked from h...
[Blog FAST Read] The FACTS About Boosting Immunity
The contagion of COVID-19 has caused many to re-evaluate their first line of defense against the illness--their immune system. However, a simple internet search on “how to boost your immunity” reveals...
[Blog FAST Read] Working Out at Home
We miss our gyms. Our hikes. Our workout tribe. But keeping yourself healthy with regular excise has never been more important for our health, our immunity and our sanity. Yet finding the motivation t...
April's Micro-Wellness Challenge
Ready to add more Micro-wellness steps to your growing healthy lifestyle?
The guidelines are simple:
- Something you care about.
- Something you can do in under 2 minutes.
- Something too small to fai ...
MICRO-Wellness March: Selfless AND Effective Wellness with Hand washing
Did YOU know?
The average hand-washing time is 6 seconds, less than half of what is recommended? And only 5% of us regularly wash long and thoroughly enough.Â
Time to stop hand spritzing and start h...
