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The Modern Desk Jockey

Kevin Christie

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...

Episodes

20 of 86 episodes

#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 corr...

31:31Mar 12, 2018

#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...

08:56Mar 5, 2018

#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...

14:21Feb 26, 2018

#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...

14:46Feb 19, 2018

#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 wit...

12:01Feb 12, 2018

#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 of...

12:00Feb 5, 2018

#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 seamless...

13:51Jan 29, 2018

#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 y...

18:55Jan 22, 2018

#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....

18:10Jan 15, 2018

#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 pas...

27:56Jan 8, 2018

#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 mo...

15:30Jan 1, 2018

#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 t...

17:34Dec 25, 2017

#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 inj...

26:12Dec 18, 2017

#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 a...

22:01Dec 11, 2017

#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...

14:16Dec 4, 2017

#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 bod...

33:15Nov 27, 2017

#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 co...

10:51Nov 20, 2017

#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...

27:00Nov 13, 2017

#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 fo...

12:32Nov 6, 2017

#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. Und...

10:55Oct 30, 2017