Did Da Vinci Really Use a Standing Desk? Probably Not. But Plenty of Other Famous People Did and Do. You know that thing where a plausible-sounding but demonstrably false idea takes on a life of its own and becomes conventional wisdom? It would appear that this phenomenon is afflicting the lore around famous standing-desk users. […]
ErgoExpo 2015 Conference Wrap-Up
ErgoExpo was hopping this year. Here’s my report. Conference Organizers I had a press pass to cover ErgoExpo, so I was able to use the conference speakers’ lounge as my base of operations. At lunch in the lounge on the first day of the conference, I butted into an interesting conversation in the serving line […]
Joan Vernikos Keynote ErgoExpo 2015: “Gravity Is Your Friend!”
The highlight of the ErgoExpo conference in Las Vegas last week (Nov. 17-20) for me was the keynote address by former NASA Life Science’s Director Joan Vernikos. Joan guided NASA research on biology at NASA for 15 years. Among her many accomplishments there was helping to ensure that John Glenn could return to space at […]
Corporate Wellness Programs: Carrots, Sticks, and Productivity
A recent New York Times article on corporate wellness programs, “The Sticks and Carrots of Employee Wellness Programs,” brings up some interesting issues around cost-shifting and privacy breaches. And this discussion has got me wondering about whether companies and employees should even be in the health-care administration business. Is Your Employer Trying to Get You […]
Sitting Disease Research Takes a Surprising Turn
A study published online by the International Journal of Epidemiology seems to upend some of the conventional wisdom on sitting disease research. The study found no link between sitting and “all-cause mortality” (the likelihood of dying of any cause). Several earlier studies found a relationship independent of other physical activity between sitting and diseases like […]
Personal Wellness vs. Corporate Wellness
I use the phrase “personal wellness” a lot. It’s a term that is necessary only because so many people have come to regard the term “wellness” as synonymous with the “corporate wellness” program that their employer provides. Here’s how the terms compare: Personal Wellness Corporate Wellness intrinsic – driven by you and your needs and goals […]
Worried about “Sitting Disease”? Check Out This Podcast
“The Art of Charm” podcast interviewed me recently about my book “Scared Sitless” and office fitness in general. The host, Jordan Harbinger, and I discussed sitting disease, office culture, habit formation, sedentary-studies research, ergonomics, and a bunch of other office fitness topics. Jordan must be a really good interviewer, because I actually sound like I […]
The Office Fitness Venn Diagram
A field hasn’t truly arrived until its core concepts can be described as a Venn diagram. Office fitness is here to stay, and here’s how I diagram it: Office fitness integrates and optimizes: your long-term health, mostly by preventing “sitting disease” but also by promoting a generally healthy lifestyle, your near-term comfort, reducing your risk […]
New Fremont/Wallingford Massage Office
UPDATE 11/1/15: I am currently practicing only in the Medical Dental Building in downtown Seattle. My main massage location is now in the Stillpoint Health Associates building on Stone Way in Seattle’s Fremont/Wallingford neighborhood. My office hours here will be Mon. mornings and all day Tues., Thurs., and Fri., with occasional Sat. hours. Stillpoint is […]
Portable-Computing Ergonomics
It’s been a busy week in portable-computing ergonomics. A flurry of news coverage makes it seem as if we have suddenly awakened from a long slumber and realized that our smart phones, phablets, and tablets are out to get us. First, on Tuesday The Atlantic published a widely shared article on What Texting Does to […]
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