Chance are that you're sitting down while reading this, which means you're probably digging yourself an early grave. At least that's what quite a few recent studies have been propagating.

Thanks to these articles and the Internet, standup desks are now slowly gaining popularity. Jim Gattuso, who owns the domain name standupdesks.com, says that traffic to his site has quadrupled in recent weeks. Gattuso started his business about 17 years ago when he was suffering from back pain and was looking for a standup desk.

Of course, since its still a niche market the prices can be quite steep. An electronic retractable desk will run you $1,000 to $2,000. If that's still too high of a price to pay, then just make it a point of getting up every half hour or so and just walk around.