According to the DVK health report, Germans sit for an average of 7.5 hours on a normal working day. If you do not allow yourself enough exercise, you risk a weakened cardiovascular system, sagging abdominal muscles, muscle hardening in the neck and a high load on the intervertebral discs.
Many studies have shown that people who sit excessively have a lower life expectancy. Researchers at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Louisiana compared 17,000 people and came to the conclusion that those who sit less than three hours a day on average have a life expectancy that is two years higher.
Therefore, it is important to allow the body enough movement on the one hand and to balance sitting on the other. The health and pain experts Dr. Petra Bracht and Roland Liebscher – Bracht will explain how this works best.
