Ergonomy in Journalists. >>> Higiene Postural. Periodistas

Few years ago I've been noticing this issue. The evolution of journalism. 

It has not changed the way of getting information to the viewer, I do not talk about news programs  neither about the journalists who do get us, but the posture which they mantain during their speech. 

A few years ago, the reporter kept perpendicular to the camera and upright to the lens that focused it (see picture right), but the trend has been evolving into a much more unergonomic posture, shoulders dissociated, dorsal column rotated and even sometimes inclined to a slight bending.

Unergonomic posture in Journalists
Postura incorrecta en periodistas

                                

                                     Ergonomic posture in Journalits    

                                   Postura correcta en periodistas

                                                   

Both pictures are a clear example about this issue.

What is your opinion?

Physical Activity

"One Euro invested in Physical Activity save 50 Euros on health"

This is a conclution from Mario LLoret y Jose María Pons published in the last  International Congress of Physical Activity, Sport and Health.

20 Minutos

Veinte

20 Minutos es la propuesta que me hago a mi mismo para mejorar mi estilo de vida. 20 Minutos dedicados a disfrutar del plato de comida. 20 Minutos de no estrés. 20 Minutos para masticar los alimentos de forma adecuada. 20 Minutos que hasta el momento han sido 10, 5 o incluso menos. 20 Minutos mínimo!!

20 Minutos que no consigo alcanzar.... de momento.  

Exercise Prescription: An Evidence

Too many years ago, in 2006, Pedersen and Saltin, made and important review with a lot of researchs.

They tried to join all the evidence about how the exercise prescription can be beneficial for the treatment of chronic disease. 

The results can be amazing for a lot of people, including doctors.The review show the evidence for prescribing exercise therapy in the treatment of metabolic syndrome and related disorders (insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, hypertension, obesity), heart and pulmonary diseases (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, coronary heart disease, chronic heart failure, intermittent claudication), muscle, bone and joint diseases (osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome) and cancer, depression, asthma and type 1 diabetes. 

Of course this prescription have to be designed for a highly trained profesional of physical activity as can be a Degree in Sports Science. 

Pedersen, B. K. and Saltin, B. (2006), Evidence for prescribing exercise as therapy in chronic disease. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 16: 3–63.

Read more in this link:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1600-0838.2006.00520.x/full

Researchers of Seville´s University have developed a specific program training which is designed to the improvement the human healthy in those people whose have type 2 diabetes.

You can find this research in Maturitas, the article is called "Whole-Body Vibration Based Intervention to improve Type 2 Diabetes among sedentary individuals"

One time more, researchers on physical activities are an important factor in the primary attention.

La importancia del Licenciado en Ciencias de la Actividad Física en el ámbito de la salud.

"El ejercicio físico es la principal medicina (por decirlo de alguna manera) que si se recetase a todas las personas mayores, el coste sanitario podría verse muy reducido".

Mikel Izquierdo.
Doctor en Ciencias de la Actividad Física.



Os dejo el enlace de uno de los reportajes del pasado Telediario de TVE en el que se muestra una pincelada de la importancia del ejercicio físico en la salud de las personas mayores.

http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/telediario/ejercicio-como-medicina-para-personas-mayores/2410588/