How to Counteract the Negative Effects of Sitting Prolonged sitting can have a dramatic impact on your health. Lack of movement has been linked to chronic disease such as cancer, diabetes, weight gain and more. It’s no wonder that sitting has been dubbed the new smoking! As more people find themselves working behind a computer, it’s …
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Best Stretches to Relieve Tight Shoulders Tightness in the shoulders is often an underlying cause of a myriad of problems including neck pain, mid-upper back pain, and tension headaches. Individuals who spend a significant amount of time at a desk or working at a computer are especially susceptible to carrying tension in the shoulders. Below …
5 Ways to Boost Energy Without Caffeine Many of the folks here at Lumo will be the first to tell you that my love affair with coffee may steer on the unhealthy side. In fact, a concerned co-worker just sent me this Inc. article on 19 Horrible Things That Can Happen if You Drink Too …
A Better way to run Faster In a previous post, we discussed the dangers of overstriding and how it is one of the most common faux-pas of running form, as well as a very common cause of injury for many runners. The solution there was to increase your cadence to reduce stride length, which also affects …
Four Simple Plyometric Exercises to Improve Your Running Form Most important to a runner’s ability to perform effectively is the ability of the muscles and tendons to store energy. Improvements in the muscles’ ability to elastically store energy has incredible benefits for runners, wherein, the more energy stored, a runner would be more efficient at …
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The Surprising Ways Tight Hips Can Ruin Your Posture and Cause Back Pain The hip flexors consist of a group of muscles which have a significant impact on our daily movements and play an essential role in in our functional tasks. The hip flexors connect the lower body. Specifically, they are a group of five …
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The Surprising Link Between Good Posture and Happiness It is truly incredible how the human body works sometimes. For example, take a look at our posture. Something as small and simple as straightening your back while sitting and walking can have such a profound impact on your mental health, not to mention contributes to alleviating …
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Stiff Wrists? Take a Break From Typing and try These Stretches In this age of booming technology, many of us spend the majority of the day trapped behind a computer. That means, on average, we spend 40 hours a week typing on a keyboard or moving a mouse. When you add it all up, that’s …
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A Simple Guide to Reducing Back Pain at Work Our jobs today come in many forms and physical labor requirements. Most of the occupations in which we are employed are not back health-friendly, from continuously slouching in our desk chairs while typing on a computer keyboard, to repetitively lifting heavy objects while laboring at a construction …
The Runner’s Guide to Foam Rolling After a run, your muscles are in need of two things; relaxation and restoration. Foam Rolling is a form of self-massage which has become hugely popular among runners and exercise enthusiasts due to it’s ease of application and immediacy of results in improving running form. A foam roller is a …
How to Run Your First Race with Strength and Confidence Are you thinking about running your first race? Good for you! You’ll be successful with the proper preparation, but there are a few major points to keep in mind. The three keys to race day success are to prepare yourself, pick your race, and stick …
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What is Your Lower Back Pain Telling You? Hint: It Might be Related to Poor Posture You’ve been sitting at your office workstation all morning, intently finishing up an important client’s project. Getting up to take a well-deserved break, you nearly shout out in pain, as you are greeted by a sharp “twinge,” or the …
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ITB Syndrome Getting in the way of Your Running? Try These Stretches and Exercises Today Iliotibial band syndrome is common injury that occurs in individuals who are very physically active. This is a stress injury that occurs as a result of inflammation and irritation of the iliotibial tendon that rubs against the femoral condyle. Damage …
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Is Slouching Killing Productivity and Costing You Millions? Take a second to consider your current posture. Bring close attention to your head, neck, shoulder and spine position. Is your head hanging forward, hinging at your neck? Are your shoulders rounded in as you rest your hands on your keyboard? Perhaps your back is hunched over …
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How to Integrate Cross-Training Into Your Running Workouts You’ve likely heard about the importance of cross-training. Greater speed, improved endurance, and reduced risk of injury are some of the frequently-touted benefits of adding cross-training into your running workouts. But it can be overwhelming to decide which cross-training activity to add to your existing running workouts. …
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How to Prevent and Correct Forward Head Posture The human race has made some amazing technological strides in recent years. Think about it: how many intricate electronic devices do you use in the run of a day? Chances are you wake up to an alarm each morning on your smartphone, listen to music on a …
What is Good Posture? Two of the questions we get most often here at Lumo Bodytech are, “What is good posture?” and “How do I get into good posture?” You know we love talking about posture around here, so we’re happy to share our expert advice. First and foremost, we believe that your best posture …
Hack Your Fitness: Lumo run Helps Improve Your Running Form and Push Harder Anthony Karcz, FORBES CONTRIBUTORI write about how to do more with your consumer gadgets. The funny thing about runners is that we all think we have fine form until we snap an IT band or strain a tendon. And even then, we …
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Five Stretches to Prevent and Relieve Lower Back Pain Lower back pain is one of the most common ailments that affect approximately 31 million Americans per year. Surprisingly, it is one of the leading causes of disability and affects up to 80% of individuals at one point or another. (Castillo) There are many causes for …
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A Complete Guide to Fixing Your Posture During a typical work day, for example, if your job is in an office setting and you spend countless hours seated while squinting at a computer screen, most of us unknowingly experience poor posture. What exactly does that look like? Well, incorrect posture manifests when we slouch, with our …
