A Guide to Health and Wellness for CA Professionals

Corporate accounting and finance professionals often suffer from neck stiffness, shoulder aches, and fatigue due to prolonged sitting. To counter these preventable complaints, Dr Krupa Kadakia recommends four simple workplace habits:

•  Ergonomic Setup: Adjust your monitor, chair, and lumbar support to maintain proper posture.
• Regular Movement: Alternate sitting with standing, take short walks, and break every 30–45 minutes.
• Desk Exercises: Perform quick 2–3 minute workstation stretches, like thoracic extensions, to relieve stiffness
• Sunlight Exposure: Get 15–20 minutes of daily sun exposure for vitamin D, immunity, and mood regulation.

These low-effort adjustments protect long-term vitality without disrupting your daily corporate workflow.

BACKGROUND

For most of the corporate accounting and financial professionals, the workday is spent almost entirely at a desk, reviewing spreadsheets, sitting through back-to-back calls and racing against deadlines. It is a routine which leaves no room to think about posture or movement, yet the human body was never designed for 8-10 hours of near total stillness. Human body is designed to move and exercise, the sedentary