Whether you are driving to work, eating a meal with your family, or taking a rest in front of the television, there is a common factor: the act of sitting. Dr. Elliot O’Connor, DPT, from UW Sports Medicine, says “sitting is the new smoking. This is because sitting doesn’t kill anybody the first time they [...]

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In February, Dr. Brian Liem and Elliot O’Connor, DPT, from UW Sports Medicine hosted a Whole U Seminar on how to beat the sitting disease (view a video of the seminar here). It filled up quickly and the feedback from attendees was so positive that we invited Elliot to write a follow-up article. It has been estimated [...]

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Commuting to work, sitting at your desk, eating dinner, watching television… the number of hours we spend sitting doesn’t seem cringe-worthy until we add it all up, does it? That’s why it’s important to be aware of the Sitting Disease. According to James Levine, MD, a leader in sitting research, “Growing evidence suggests that the [...]

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