Is Sitting the New Smoking?

As the founder of Reach Rehab + Chiropractic Performance Center in Plymouth, Mi, RJ works according to his belief that for you to have a healthy, pain-free lifestyle, you must be responsible for your health by eating well, moving well, and moving often. RJ received his Doctor of Chiropractic Degree from the National University of Health Sciences (NUHS) and has accrued more than 700 hours of post-graduate work with an emphasis on manual therapy, rehabilitation, biomechanics, nutrition and movement restoration. He’s earned certifications in Active Release Techniques (ART) and Titleist Performance Institute (TPI) medical track, and can sit for the American Chiropractic Rehab Board Diplomate (DACRB) and Certification in Mechanical Diagnosis & Therapy (McKenzie). He also continually treats recreational and professional athletes at races, tournaments, and other competitions.

Ryan Fiorenzi is one of the founders of Start Standing. After suffering from constant back pain for 8 years, he began researching, consulting with experts, and experimenting with different therapies which ended up getting rid of his pain. Ryan is a graduate of the University of Michigan, a published author, teaches at his Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu school in Michigan, and has been interviewed by several podcasts for his experience getting rid of his back pain.

Brent is the owner of Crossfit Forgiven. He has a B.S. in Exercise and Health Services from Alma where he focused on dietetics, epidemiology, and exercise physiology. He has competed as a bodybuilder and in CrossFit competitions. He has a passion for ergonomics and is passionate about educating anyone he encounters about the dangers of sitting all day.

Dr. Ryan Burke is the owner of Precision Chiropractic and is a Magna Cum Laude Graduate of Life University Doctor of Chiropractic Program, has advanced training in pre-natal adjusting, pediatric adjusting, the Webster Technique, clinical nutrition, spinal correction, nervous system balancing, physiotherapy, functional lab testing and pediatric health disorders, and advanced proficiency certified in Activator Methods Technique. Ryan specializes in using a "whole person" approach in order to identify underlying causes of patient's problems and develop long-term solutions. His goal is not only to alleviate an individual's symptoms but also to help them achieve maximum health and live a full and vibrant life.

Brad is a Health Science graduate of the University of New England (now Southern Cross University) and has postgraduate accreditation’s in athletics, swimming and triathlon coaching. His stretching and sports injury articles have been published in numerous health and fitness magazines and extensively online at sites like About.com, Athletes.com and BodyBuilding.com. Magazines such as Runners World, Bicycling, Triathlete, Swimming and Fitness, and Triathlon Sports have all featured his work.

Alan has been a professional human factors ergonomist for over 40 years and leads the ergonomics services offered by Humanuse. From 1987-2019 he was Professor in the Department of Design and Environmental Analysis, Cornell University where he directed the Human Factors and Ergonomics teaching and research programs. He has given testimony on indoor air quality and indoor environment design issues to several committees of the US House of Representatives and to OSHA in Washington, D.C., to the UK House of Commons, and to the New York State Assembly.

Dr. RS (Bob) Bridger is an independent consultant in human factors and ergonomics and a keen advocate of active office working through his books and public speaking. He is the author of over 100 peer-reviewed scientific papers on human factors and ergonomics and is past president of the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors. Bob is sole author of the best-selling textbook Introduction to Human Factors and Ergonomicsnow in its fourth edition and a new book A Guide to Active Working in the Modern Office. Both books are published in the US by CRC Press. Bob can be contacted via his website www.rsbridger.com.

Rebekah currently works at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center as a postdoctoral fellow in biomedical informatics. She focuses on childhood obesity, and she has a deep understanding on the impact that movement has on productivy and overall health regardless of age. Before her current role, she graduated from the University of Cincinnati's Doctoral Graduate Program in Molecular Epidemiology and the Preparing Future Faculty Program.

Warren Willey, DO is the Medical Director of a functional medicine clinic in Southeast Idaho. He is a Board-Certified Osteopathic Physician and did his postgraduate training at The Mayo Clinic.  He's a founding diplomat of the American Board of Holistic Medicine and a diplomat with the American Board of Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine, The America Board of Family Medicine, The America Board Urgent Care Medicine and The American Board of Obesity Medicine. Dr. Willey is highly sought after, dynamic speaker and does regular speaking engagements around the country concerning obesity medicine, laboratory medicine, hormone replacement, and other medical and fitness related topics. He is an established author, having written a medical textbook and many books, including The Z Diet, Better Than Steroids, Obtainable, and What Does Your Doctor Look Like Naked.

Mary is a registered nurse and medical writer. With 14 years of experience in healthcare, she has worked in emergency/trauma, post-anesthesia, oncology navigation and military medicine. Mary is a lieutenant in the United States Navy and acted as a sexual assault nurse examiner while deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. She has trained extensively in the prevention of sexual harassment and assault in the workplace and is active in victim advocacy.

Amberlie has been teaching yoga since 2009. She teaches Vinyasa yoga as well as other fitness classes including HIIT, dance, and bootcamp.  She currently teaches in Northeast Ohio.

Karen Frank Barney, Ph.D., OTR/L, FAOTA, Professor and Chair Emerita, Saint Louis University, has over 50 years of experience as an occupational therapist and teacher. She has worked in many places including Wisconsin, Kentucky, Missouri, and Guatemala. She founded the Transformative Justice Initiative at Saint Louis University, and continues to mentor Doctorate Occupational Therapy students. She has been a professor for 37 years, and was the primary faculty for the aging-related studies at three universities, including the occupational therapy expert for the Geriatric Education Center at Saint Louis University for 22 years.

Joel Fuhrman, M.D. is a board-certified family physician, seven-time New York Times bestselling author, and nutritional researcher who specializes in preventing and reversing disease through nutritional and natural methods. Dr. Fuhrman is the President of the Nutritional Research Foundation. His work and discoveries are published in medical journals, and he is involved with multiple nutritional studies with major research institutions across America. Dr. Fuhrman runs the Eat to Live Retreat in San Diego, California and takes over the medical care for his guests, enabling them to transform their lives as they recover from diabetes, heart disease, autoimmune disease, cancer and other serious conditions. Dr. Fuhrman has appeared on hundreds of radio and television shows. Through his own hugely successful PBS specials, which have raised more than $50 million for public broadcasting stations, he has brought nutritional science to homes across America and around the world. His seven New York Times bestsellers: include: Eat for Life (HarperOne, 2020), Eat to Live (Little Brown, 2003; updated, 2011); Super Immunity (HarperOne, 2012); The End of Diabetes (HarperOne, 2013); The Eat to Live Cookbook (HarperOne, 2013); The End of Dieting (HarperOne, 2014) and The End of Heart Disease (HarperOne, 2016). He is also the author of a series of Transformation 20 guides to health and weight loss. The titles include: Transformation 20 Diabetes; Transformation 20: Blood Pressure and Cholesterol; Transformation 20: Infection Protection in 20 Days; 10 in 20: Lose 10 Pounds in 20 Days Detox Program; 10 in 20: More of What You Love; 10 in 20 Made Simple; and 10 in 20: Emergency Weight Loss Program.  To date, Dr. Fuhrman has sold more than three million books. In 2017, Dr. Fuhrman released Fast Food Genocide (HarperOne 2017), an examination of how fast food is destroying the physical, mental and emotional health of our society — and what we can do about it. He also introduced legions of food lovers to the joys of Nutritarian cooking with his Eat to Live Cookbook (HarperOne, 2013) and his Eat To Live Quick and Easy Cookbook (HarperOne, 2017). Dr. Fuhrman has written several other popular books on nutritional science, which include: Eat for Health; Disease-Proof Your Child; Fasting and Eating for Health; and the Nutritarian Handbook and ANDI Food Scoring Guide. 

Tim is the creator of the ThinkMOVE program. Initially, he developed ThinkMOVE in his efforts to heal his chronic back pain, and found after a month his back pain was gone never to return. He started to incorporate bits of exercise throughout his day and lost 20 lbs- his “office” fat- while he was at it. Not only did he find that ThinkMOVE improved his physical well- being, he also found significant improvements in his mood, energy, and focus. He is embarking on an adventurous journey to change the prominent sedentary culture to help businesses have happier and healthier employees. Tim’s background as a Personal Trainer and Child and Family Therapist makes him well suited for creating the ThinkMOVE program that integrates physical and mental health. He's the author of "Move or Die: How the Sedentary Life is Killing Us and How Movement Not Exercise Can Save Us (Reference Series)."