Motion Is Life

Have you started the year 2010 off with a "resolution?" Oh boy, we know how those usually go! The pattern begins: You resolve to "get into shape this year" but break that promise by Martin Luther King's birthday. Then you see an infomercial for a high-tech workout contraption or program and you say "I've got to do something!" Hopefully you do, but more than likely your fancy treadmill or bowflex becomes a clothes hanger.

"The body was meant to move: God designed us to lift, haul, stride, step, boost, drag, march, tread, run, kick, and heave with our limbs. Unfortunately, there isn't much manual labor involved in answering emails, making phone calls, writing reports, studying figures, or sitting in meetings."

Problems with sitting down: the sitting position prompts a whole range of physical problems. As the shoulders slump, undue pressure is placed on the heart, and lung capacity diminishes. The back muscles tense to compensate for the imbalanced posture. Sitting for long periods of time creates chronic back pain, initiates headaches, and predisposes one to even more fatitue. The sitting position can also cause the stomach muscles to become slack and weak from underuse, and the internal organs are displaced downward, impairing their function. Knee and ankle joints become stiff, and muscles lose their tone.

(Resource: The Great Physician's RX)

MOTION IS LIFE!!!