{"id":194159,"date":"2025-11-22T10:09:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T10:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/194159\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T10:09:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T10:09:11","slug":"vascular-surgeon-with-18-years-of-experience-warns-10k-steps-wont-undo-10-hours-of-sitting-heres-what-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/194159\/","title":{"rendered":"Vascular surgeon with 18 years of experience warns ’10k steps won’t undo 10 hours of sitting’, here’s what works"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Do you work from home or spend hours sitting at your desk for work or to complete projects? Well, we have news for you: sitting is the new smoking<\/a>, and completing your daily steps will not reverse the damage done by hours of constant immobility.<\/p>\n

\"If If you\u2019ve been desk-bound from 9 AM to 7 PM, your veins have already taken the damage. (Shutterstock) <\/p>\n

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Dr Sumit Kapadia, vascular surgeon<\/a> and varicose vein specialist with over 18 years of experience, highlighted this issue in an Instagram post he shared on November 21. He warned that hours of sitting cannot be reversed by walking 10,000 steps daily. Instead, he recommended real measures you can adopt in your daily lifestyle.<\/p>\n

10k steps don’t undo long hours of sitting<\/p>\n

Dr Kapadia, in the clip titled ‘Your 10,000 steps<\/a> don’t undo 10 hours of sitting’, revealed, \u201cThis is something I tell my patients almost every day. You can hit your step goal in the evening\u2026but if you\u2019ve been desk-bound from 9 AM to 7 PM, your veins have already taken the damage.\u201d<\/p>\n

He highlighted that this problem occurs because circulation doesn\u2019t depend on how much you walk. Rather, it depends on how often you move. He explained that prolonged sitting leads to blood stagnation, which causes vein valve weakness, swelling, varicose veins, and an increased risk of blood clots.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven a healthy step count cannot reverse 10 hours of immobility,\u201d Dr Kapadia warned. So, what can help reverse this issue?<\/p>\n

Here’s what actually works<\/p>\n

According to Dr Kapadia, here are the real rules you need to follow to solve the problem of immobility and the health issues that arise with it:<\/p>\n

1. Get up every 45\u201360 minutes.<\/p>\n

2. Stretch.<\/p>\n

3. Walk for 2 minutes.<\/p>\n

4. Move your calf muscles \u2013 They\u2019re your \u2018peripheral heart.\u2019<\/p>\n

Lastly, he advised, \u201cTiny breaks make huge difference. Your veins don\u2019t need marathons. They need movement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Note to readers: This article is for informational purposes only and not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always seek the advice of your doctor with any questions about a medical condition.<\/p>\n

This report is based on user-generated content from social media. HT.com has not independently verified the claims and does not endorse them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Do you work from home or spend hours sitting at your desk for work or to complete projects?…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":194160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[108006,108007,18,135,19,108005,17,58301,108009,108008],"class_list":{"0":"post-194159","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health","8":"tag-10k-steps","9":"tag-blood-stagnation","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-health","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-immobility","14":"tag-ireland","15":"tag-long-hours-of-sitting","16":"tag-risk-of-blood-clots","17":"tag-varicose-veins"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115592807618821059","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}