Is Sitting is the New Smoking?

 

Is Sitting is the New Smoking?

The title of this post has made its way to being a known slogan of sorts in the health field and we at Complete Chiropractic totally agree with it!

Simply put, humans are designed not to be sedentary but, rather, in constant motion. A study from Australia concluded that sitting 8 hours a day increased death risk by 15% and 11 hours a day increased the risk by a whopping 40%!

Motion does several things that benefit the spine as well as the body. For starters, motion is the only way our spinal discs get its much needed nutrition and hydration. The medical term for this is called inbibition, which stems from the Latin root word "imbibere" meaning to drink. The spinal disc is an avascular structure, meaning that it doesn't have blood vessels going through it to deliver vital nutrients to keep it alive. When the body is active, it activates the spinal disc in a pump-like motion where the disc expels toxins and used up nutrients while taking in a fresh supply of water and essential nutrients to keep it functioning properly.

Motion also pumps the body’s cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and the lymphatic fluid that are absolutely essential to life in ways that you may have not known!