DeskActive - About Us
DeskActive's mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of all those 'tied to a desk' as part of their day-to-day working lives. DeskActive aims to alleviate chronic health problems by connecting you with expert healthcare advice for remote, ongoing, training and treatment assistance.
DeskActive believes the sedentary nature of the office work environment negatively contributes to health, both physically and psychologically. We strive to develop practical solutions to this problem using technology, communication and psychology to help you stay active and healthy at work.
The DeskActive Story
The DeskActive concept was created by our founder Josh Swinnerton, as a response to his ten year struggle with chronic back pain, largely caused by his career as a deskbound software engineer.
Despite frequent visits to expert physios, osteos and specialist back surgeons, Josh continued to suffer from debilitating pain and eventually came to the conclusion that his problems were related to the static nature of his working day. Based on this insight, he realized that the solution involved increasing physical activity during his working day.
Like many of us, Josh found reminding and motivating himself to keep active during long days at his desk easier said than done. The assistance of his physiotherapist was simply too infrequent and too disconnected from his day-to-day life to help him make the changes required to overcome his back pain problems.
As a result of this physical distance between patient and health practitioner, the concept of using technology to connect himself with his physio for ongoing advice and encouragement was born – DeskActive.
In conjunction with experienced technology entrepreneur Michael Terry (MD and chairman of call-center technology company Advatel), the DeskActive business model was developed along side the DeskActive technology system.
The entire DeskActive team uses DeskActive many times a day to maintain their health and avoid recurring health problems.
