Computing and DVT

I've been reading more and more articles (mostly from the UK and Australia -- where most of the best DVT reporting is coming from in my opinion) about DVT risk among computer programmers, engineers, video editors, and others who spend long hours of time sitting in one place for their work.

What concerns me most about this is that so many people believe that they are not at risk because they work out seriously every day. The problem is, this one burst of intense activity doesn't keep the blood flowing when that workout comes before or after a four, five, six or more hour stretch of uninterrupted work at a desk. (Getting up every hour for a few minutes of walking, stretching and drinking water is likely to be much more effective at protecting you from a DVT -- whether or not you have that major workout.)

In fact, some of the forum posts on this subject are so arrogant as to be really scary.

I've already posted some material on the DVT risk that endurance athletes face. Combining intensive training with a desk-bound job with few breaks may actually be the highest risk mix.

Here's today's article from the Daily Mail. A few past articles include this one from Australia's The Age and this one from Ergoweb.