The Modern Desk Jockey
We all have to earn a living, but sometimes, we don’t think of the effects sitting for an extended period of time has on our physical well being. Welcome to The Modern Desk Jockey, providing you with healthy solutions for the desk worker. Our conversations with industry professionals and topic based discussions are guaranteed to keep you active for a healthy, more effective work week.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 18 minutes
- Episodes
- 86
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2018
#085: Dr. Sebastian Gonzales Takes Over The Modern Desk Jockey
Dr. Gonzales is a sports medicine doctor who understands movement is the medicine and dives into some great strategies to help you move correctly and efficiently throughout your day.
This episode is …
#084: Comprehensive Desk Ergonomics You Can Easily Implement
This short, but comprehensive checklist will allow you to make the necessary ergonomic changes at your desk to decrease the pain and improve your performance.
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#083: How Blue Light Disrupts Your Sleep and How It Is Fixable
Dr. Court Vreeland details how you are losing sleep at night and why it is not as hard as you thing to fix it. Your health is counting on it!
You can read the full article here: https://www.healthfi…
#082: The Core Four To Achieve Core Stability
These 4 cores stability exercises will go a long way in preventing low back pain and other conditions commonly caused by a week core. These exercises are safe and effective for you.
For more informat…
#081: Acupuncture, The Desk Jockey, and the NFL Athlete with Holly Green
This interview with Holly Green discusses her role in our sports medicine team for this year's NFL Combine Training program and her work with Desk Jockeys too.
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#080: The small things at your desk can cause big problems for your body
How should you optimize your headset, footrest, mouse, document holder, laptop and standing desk? These are key aspects of your desk that often go overlooked.
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#079: Tactics At Your Chair For Getting Movement with Stacey Joiner
In this FB live interview, I had the pleasure of interviewing Stacey Joiner and discussing yoga chair poses and mindfulness you can seamlessly implement at your desk to gain movement and decrease the…
#078: Do This And Become A Healthy Desk Jockey
This FB Live interview with Julie Weidenfeld will give you healthy tips for your time spent at your desk. You can immediately add these to your daily routine to prevent the ill-effects of sitting.
#077: The Healthy Desk Jockey with Tyler Forbes
This FB Live interview with Tyler discusses his 3 main concerns for the Desk Jockey and how you can easily resolve them while at your desk.
He is the fitness instructor for one of our on-site care lo…
#076: Pilates for Health and Fitness with Amalia Brassfield
Pilates is a great way to not only get into great shape but also stay healthy and manage any pain conditions you have or have had in the past. Amalia Brassfield breaks down the great aspects of Pilat…
#075: My Positive 2017 and My Healthy 2018
Dr. Christie implemented a lot of what he learned from The Modern Desk Jockey in 2017 and looking to increase his health and fitness even more in 2018.
For more information, visit the show notes at h…
#074: Fitness Fundamentals To Prevent Low Back Pain
Dr. Christie interviewed 3 experts in fitness to find the keys on how fitness can solve and manage your low back pain. His findings are in this episode for you to implement.
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#073: Stand-up Desk Do's and Don't with Daniel Angelini
Many desk jockeys are opting for stand-up options for the desk but if you don't follow the proper guidelines you can cause more pain and injury. Today's episode instructs you how to make this transit…
#072: How To Know What Is Actually Causing Your Wrist Pain
Dr. Kevin Christie will help you distinguish between Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Pronator Teres Syndrome and other conditions to make sure you are not improperly diagnosed with Carpal Tunnel.
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#071: Can You Touch Your Toes and Why You Need To
The ability to touch your toes allows for proper movement in sport, fitness, and activity of daily living and can help prevent low back pain and other conditions.
Can you touch your toes?
For more in…
#070: Easy Strategies on Ergonomics by Brandon Olin
Brandon Olin is an ergonomics at Movility and he provides the desk jockey with great strategies to decrease the strain you place on your body when you sit at a desk for a living.
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#069: How To Set Your Monitor, Keyboard, and Mouse Optimally
Dr. Kevin Christie provides tips on how to set your monitor, keyboard, and mouse optimally to help prevent the strain on the body that is commonly caused.
Be sure to listen to the first part of this…
#068: Getting to the Root Cause of Healthy Eating with Amanda Heisman
Amanda Heisman knows there is more than just what to eat when it comes to optimal nutrition. Getting to the root cause of why you are eating the way you do is what will sustain long-term healthy habi…
#067: How To Fit Yourself To Your Chair and Desk
Dr. Christie instructs you how to fit yourself to your chair, then to your desk and lastly the ground for optimal ergonomics.
This is the foundation of setting up your overall workstation ergonomics.
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#066: How Your Hip Flexors Are The Root of All Evil
The hip flexors can be the root cause of your weak glutes and subsequent low back pain and many other lower extremity pain and injuries.
Understanding and solving the hip flexor can be the key ingred…