How’s Your Monitor Looking, Monitoring Your Cholesterol, Ankle Strengthening
How’s Your Monitor Looking
While working at your desk, do you suffer from fatigue, eye strain, or back and neck pain? Have you checked the height and distance of your computer monitor? OSHA recommends that the very top of the monitor be parallel to your eye level and should be 20-40 inches away from you. This adjustment keeps your head and neck in a forward-facing position to minimize strain and ensures that your upper body isn’t put in awkward positions.
Monitoring Your Cholesterol
Do you know your cholesterol numbers? September is National Cholesterol Education Month - an important time to check the state of your heart health and take proactive steps to manage your cholesterol levels. If you don’t know them, check with your physician at your annual physical, and consider taking these steps to help protect your heart:
Adopt a Heart-Health Diet
Increase Physical Activity
Maintain a Healthy Weight
Quit Smoking and Limit Alcohol
Monitor Your Cholesterol Levels
Ankle Strengthening
Do your ankles feel weak or like they need strengthening? Have you rolled your ankle playing weekend basketball or even just stepping off a curb? Consider adding the exercises depicted below to help with that feeling. Research has shown that incorporating them into your workout routine three days a week can increase your overall ankle strength. You can use a Theraband or a towel to perform three sets of 10 of each exercise.
