{"id":3063,"date":"2013-05-15T03:00:40","date_gmt":"2013-05-15T08:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/?p=3063"},"modified":"2017-12-01T07:59:47","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T12:59:47","slug":"why-working-at-a-desk-is-a-pain-in-the-back-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/why-working-at-a-desk-is-a-pain-in-the-back-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Why working at a desk is a pain in the back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post brought to you by <a href=\"http:\/\/app.socialspark.com\/disclosure_clicks?oid=9853879\" rel=\"nofollow\">American Osteopathic Association<\/a>. All opinions are 100% mine.<\/p>\n<p>I've been back to work full time for the last 4 weeks, and have about another 6 to go in my current temporary contract. \u00a0And until now I never realised how much sitting at a desk all day could be such a pain in the back. \u00a0I'm so used to pottering about at home and keeping on the move &#8211; but sitting has made me stiff, sore and grumpy. \u00a0And then coming home in the evening to sit at my sewing machine was not so welcoming either.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>To help office workers and others suffering from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/app.socialspark.com\/clicks?lid=27153&oid=9853879\" rel=\"nofollow\">chronic pain<\/a>\u00a0and pain in the workplace, the\u00a0American Osteopathic Association as part of their <a href=\"http:\/\/app.socialspark.com\/clicks?lid=27151&oid=9853879\" rel=\"nofollow\">Break Through Your Pain<\/a>\u00a0campaign\u00a0has released a short video\u00a0introducing\u00a0a couple of quick and simple stretching\u00a0exercises\u00a0you can do at work without drawing attention to yourself!<\/p>\n<p>You can give these a go at work and no one will stare or probably even notice. \u00a0But don't forget to get up from your desk too and drop off a memo or speak to a colleague instead of sending an email. \u00a0Sitting for hours at a time isn't good for you.<\/p>\n<p>Got grumpy colleagues? \u00a0Maybe they are sore and need to stretch &#8211; share this video and get the word out there.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/app.socialspark.com\/disclosure_clicks?oid=9853879\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"http:\/\/app.socialspark.com\/views?oid=9853879\" alt=\"Visit Sponsor's Site\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post brought to you by American Osteopathic Association. All opinions are 100% mine. I&#8217;ve been back to work full time for the last 4 weeks, and have about another 6 to go in my current temporary contract. \u00a0And until now I never realised how much sitting at a desk \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/why-working-at-a-desk-is-a-pain-in-the-back-2\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[53,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3063"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3063"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41081,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3063\/revisions\/41081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}