The Modern Desk Jockey

By Kevin Christie

What's The Modern Desk Jockey about?

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.

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The Modern Desk Jockey episodes:

03.12.2018
#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 great for the active desk jockey! For more...
03.05.2018
#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 your performance. For more information, visit the show notes at http://ModernDeskJockey.com
02.26.2018
#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! You can read the full article here: https://www.healthfitchiro.com/episode-83-blue-light-disrupts-sleep-fixable/
02.19.2018
#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 exercises are safe and effective for you. For more information, visit the show notes at...
02.12.2018
#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 with Desk Jockeys too. For more information, visit the show notes at http://moderndeskjockey.com
02.05.2018
#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 often go overlooked. For more information, visit the show notes at http://moderndeskjockey.com
01.29.2018
#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 seamlessly implement at your desk to gain movement and decrease the physical and mental stress of the job. ...
01.22.2018
#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 your daily routine to prevent the ill-effects of sitting.
01.15.2018
#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. He is the fitness instructor for one of our on-site care locations in South...
01.08.2018
#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 past. Amalia Brassfield breaks down the great aspects of Pilates and how...
01.01.2018
#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 more in 2018. For more information, visit the show notes at http://moderndeskjockey.com
12.25.2017
#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. For links to the articles in this episode,...
12.18.2017
#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 injury. Today's episode instructs you how to make this transition with ease and pain free....
12.11.2017
#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 are not improperly diagnosed with Carpal Tunnel. For more, visit http://moderndeskjockey.com
12.04.2017
#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 and other conditions. Can you touch your toes? For more information, visit http://moderndeskjockey.com
11.27.2017
#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 body when you sit at a desk for a living. For more information, visit our website...
11.20.2017
#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 commonly caused. Be sure to listen to the first part of this short series where...
11.13.2017
#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 the way you do is what will sustain long-term healthy habits. For more...
11.06.2017
#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 foundation of setting up your overall workstation ergonomics. For more information, visit http://moderndeskjockey.com
10.30.2017
#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. Understanding and solving the hip flexor can be the key ingredient in preventing pain. For...
10.23.2017
#065: The Body's Alternating Pattern of Mobility and Stability
The joints of your body alternate between mobility and stability of the joints starting in the foot and working its way up all the way to the neck and the wrist. Any weak link in this chain can set off...
10.16.2017
#064: Understanding and Preventing Your Shoulder Pain
This webinar replay gives you the essential information to understand how your shoulder pain occurs and some easy solutions and desk exercises to help prevent shoulder conditions that plague the desk jockey. For helpful videos and resources, visit http://ModernDeskJockey.com
10.09.2017
#063: Forming Healthy Habits with Missy Bunch
Missy Bunch of Death of the Desk reveals how to form healthy habits at the desk that will provide you with a lifetime of health and wellness. For more information visit the show notes at http://moderndeskjockey.com
10.02.2017
#062: Crossover's Integrated On-Site Healthcare with Dr. Daniel Lord
Dr. Daniel Lord is a Chiropractic Physician with Crossover Health and they provide an integrated approach to healthcare for many companies. For more information go to http://moderndeskjockey.com
09.25.2017
#061: Top 5 Exercise Motivation Tips to Achieve Your Fitness Goals
A setback is all it takes for many of us to not follow a consistent workout regime. Boredom, lack of results, laziness and lack of time are common culprits. But, with motivation, you can overcome these challenges and stick to...
09.18.2017
#060: Is Your Altered Breathing Causing Your Back and Neck Pain?
Dysfunctional breathing patterns can cause excessive strain on the neck and lead to improper core stability leading to potential low back pain. For more information, visit http://ModernDeskJockey.com
09.04.2017
#059: Cleveland Clinic, Director of Wellness Brian Burnbaum, MD
Brian Burnbaum MD discusses proactive healthcare solutions that will transform the healthcare industry that is currently reactive in nature. For more information, visit our website http://ModernDeskJockey.com
08.28.2017
#058: Online Fitness with Angus Burke
EP Fitness On-Line is providing fitness solutions for the desk worker that is easy to implement and will hold you accountable. Angus Burke discusses how fitness programs are great, but not the only aspect of staying healthy. For more information,...
08.21.2017
#057: Dr. Christie's 6-Part Strategy to Fight Desk Sitting Pain
Dr. Christie lays out his strategy to help fight the negative effects that prolonged sitting at your desk can cause. This strategy is easy to implement and effective once made a habit. For more information, visit http://ModernDeskJockey.com
08.14.2017
#056: The Desk Jockey's Manifesto: The Harsh Realities of Sitting
The harsh realities of sitting are well known, but what can be done to prevent them? The Desk Jockey's Manifesto outlines the solutions to implement to alleviate the aches and pain of being a desk jockey. For more information, go...
08.07.2017
#055: Graston Technique Treatment for Pain
Soft tissue injuries can be debilitating and frustrating. Graston Technique® (GT) is successful in effectively treating all soft tissue conditions, whether they are chronic, acute or post-surgical. GT can help you enjoy life again. For more, visit http://ModernDeskJockey.com
07.31.2017
#054: Understanding and Preventing Your Low Back Pain
This webinar has been given to multiple corporations to help their desk workers have a comprehensive understanding of low back pain and how to prevent it from occurring. To watch the slides and listen to this episode, go to https://youtu.be/WHwHiP_8f40...
07.24.2017
#053: How To Prevent The Over-Use Injury Cycle
The Over-Use Injury Cycle reveals how your pain and injury occurs without a single traumatic injury. We can address Overwork, Muscular Imbalances, Scar Tissue to help prevent your pain from sitting at the desk. Check out the diagram at http://www.healthfitcorpwell.com/category/podcast
07.17.2017
#052: Specific Foods to Eat to Fix Your Pain
Dr. Court Vreeland joins us again to give specific foods to eat and avoid to help fix your pain with your diet. This is a follow-up to episode 49 where I narrated Dr. Vreeland's article about the basics of fixing...
07.10.2017
#051: Take Your Self-Functional Assessment to Fix Your Body
These self-functional assessments will show you your weak links in your body that may lead to over-use injury and pain. Learn how the body alternates for the need of stability and mobility and what to do about it. Take the...
07.03.2017
#050: Activating Your Weak Muscles with Kika Mela
Kika Mela works with professional athletes and desk jockeys to help activate muscles that aren't firing properly, which leads to over-use injury, muscular imbalances, and performance deficiencies. Kika is certified in Greg Roskopf's Muscle Activation Techniques to achieve her results....
06.26.2017
#049: Fix your Pain with your Diet
Inflammation is all the rage lately. And rightfully so. Research has shown that chronic inflammation is at the core of most, if not all, of the chronic diseases that affect Americans. But what about chronic pain? Could chronic joint pain,...
06.19.2017
#048: Varidesk CEO, Jason McCann about Standing Desks [Revisited]
An interview about the ergonomics of standing at your desk with CEO Jason McCann. Resources mentioned in this episode can be found at https://www.healthfitcorpwell.com/episode-011-the-standing-option-with-varidesk
06.12.2017
#047: Desk Ergonomics [Revisited]
Take 15 minutes to learn how to fit a desk and computer to your current work needs. This information is vital to prevent the pain and injury from prolonged desk sitting. FREE online 20-point self assessment here: https://www.healthfitcorpwell.com/self-assess
06.05.2017
#046: Active Release Techniques
Headaches, back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, shin splints, shoulder pain, sciatica, plantar fasciitis, knee problems, and tennis elbow are just a few of the many conditions that can be resolved quickly and permanently with ART. ART® is a patented, state...
05.29.2017
#045: Understanding Your Shoulder Pain
Desk Jockeys commonly suffer from shoulder pain and you need a plan of attack to prevent this overuse strain. By understanding the cause and implementing the solutions, shoulder pain will not hinder your work, sports or activities of daily living....
05.24.2017
#044: Work From Home Ergonomics Made Simple
Proper ergonomics should not be exclusive to an office and should extend to wherever you work from, whether it be your home or the neighborhood coffee shop. Most of the concepts on proper ergonomics we have previously discussed can be...
05.17.2017
#043: Spinal Hygiene To Prevent Spinal Decay with Dr. Tabor Smith
Dr. Tabor Smith is on a mission to help desk jockeys prevent spinal decay and degeneration with some easy to perform strategies and treatments. 85% of the U.S. population is suffering from early onset spinal degeneration and his spinal...
05.10.2017
#042: Proper Sleep Positions, Mattress Selection, and Pillow Talk
The do's and don'ts for selecting a mattress, sleep positions, and a little pillow talk to improve your health and performance. This topic is one of the most requested presentations corporations ask us to perform. For more resources for desk...
05.03.2017
#041: The Endurance Sport Enthusiast Desk Jockey with Nick Stump
Nick Stump of Fleet Feet discusses foot biomechanics and shoe details for the endurance athlete and how to transition from the desk to sport without causing injury. Nick also discusses the HOVR technology which allows you to get activity while...
04.26.2017
#040: Complimentary Access To Our Ergonomics Learning Center
Our Ergonomics Learning Center is helping many companies and desk workers achieve health and wellness. Listen to the episode to find out how it makes a difference and receive free access to the learning center. Gain access for 30 days...
04.19.2017
#039: Interview with Ergonomics Specialist Darcie Jaremey
5 need-to-know tips that optimize your desk and chair to prevent pain and injury. Also, Darcie provides us with an Infographic on the best practices for you stand-up desk workers. You won't want to miss this episode! http://ModernDeskJockey.com
04.12.2017
#038: Dead Butt Syndrome
Find out what the pain in your hip may actually be, how it is caused, how to test for the cause of it, and fix it! Find today's show notes at http://ModernDeskJockey.com Also, if you are a professional in the...
04.05.2017
#037: The Research Supports Chiropractic with Dr. Jeff Langmaid
Dr. Jeff Langmaid of The Evidence Based Chiropractor reveals two key studies that show the effectiveness for two of the most common conditions of the desk jockey. The proof is there that Chiropractic is an extremely effective and affordable option...
03.28.2017
#036: Posture Correction Using The Upright Pro Trainer Wearable
Upright Technologies discusses the effects of posture and how their affordable and extremely effective Upright Pro Trainer can achieve posture correction for you. This easy-to-implement wearable is a game changer for the desk jockey. Check out the Upright Pro at...

What's The Modern Desk Jockey about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The Modern Desk Jockey episodes:

#085: Dr. Sebastian Gonzales Takes Over The Modern Desk Jockey

#084: Comprehensive Desk Ergonomics You Can Easily Implement

#083: How Blue Light Disrupts Your Sleep and How It Is Fixable

#082: The Core Four To Achieve Core Stability

#081: Acupuncture, The Desk Jockey, and the NFL Athlete with Holly Green

#080: The small things at your desk can cause big problems for your body

#079: Tactics At Your Chair For Getting Movement with Stacey Joiner

#078: Do This And Become A Healthy Desk Jockey

#077: The Healthy Desk Jockey with Tyler Forbes

#076: Pilates for Health and Fitness with Amalia Brassfield

#075: My Positive 2017 and My Healthy 2018

#074: Fitness Fundamentals To Prevent Low Back Pain

#073: Stand-up Desk Do's and Don't with Daniel Angelini

#072: How To Know What Is Actually Causing Your Wrist Pain

#071: Can You Touch Your Toes and Why You Need To

#070: Easy Strategies on Ergonomics by Brandon Olin

#069: How To Set Your Monitor, Keyboard, and Mouse Optimally

#068: Getting to the Root Cause of Healthy Eating with Amanda Heisman

#067: How To Fit Yourself To Your Chair and Desk

#066: How Your Hip Flexors Are The Root of All Evil

#065: The Body's Alternating Pattern of Mobility and Stability

#064: Understanding and Preventing Your Shoulder Pain

#063: Forming Healthy Habits with Missy Bunch

#062: Crossover's Integrated On-Site Healthcare with Dr. Daniel Lord

#061: Top 5 Exercise Motivation Tips to Achieve Your Fitness Goals

#060: Is Your Altered Breathing Causing Your Back and Neck Pain?

#059: Cleveland Clinic, Director of Wellness Brian Burnbaum, MD

#058: Online Fitness with Angus Burke

#057: Dr. Christie's 6-Part Strategy to Fight Desk Sitting Pain

#056: The Desk Jockey's Manifesto: The Harsh Realities of Sitting

#055: Graston Technique Treatment for Pain

#054: Understanding and Preventing Your Low Back Pain

#053: How To Prevent The Over-Use Injury Cycle

#052: Specific Foods to Eat to Fix Your Pain

#051: Take Your Self-Functional Assessment to Fix Your Body

#050: Activating Your Weak Muscles with Kika Mela

#049: Fix your Pain with your Diet

#048: Varidesk CEO, Jason McCann about Standing Desks [Revisited]

#047: Desk Ergonomics [Revisited]

#046: Active Release Techniques

#045: Understanding Your Shoulder Pain

#044: Work From Home Ergonomics Made Simple

#043: Spinal Hygiene To Prevent Spinal Decay with Dr. Tabor Smith

#042: Proper Sleep Positions, Mattress Selection, and Pillow Talk

#041: The Endurance Sport Enthusiast Desk Jockey with Nick Stump

#040: Complimentary Access To Our Ergonomics Learning Center

#039: Interview with Ergonomics Specialist Darcie Jaremey

#038: Dead Butt Syndrome

#037: The Research Supports Chiropractic with Dr. Jeff Langmaid

#036: Posture Correction Using The Upright Pro Trainer Wearable