Today marks the beginning of our Therapist Thursdays! This week's question was “What are some simple stretches you can do at work?”
Here are 3 different answers from my team:
1. Simply, from a standing position with knees locked or slightly bent try to touch toes or at least knees then shins then toes as a goal. Perform two times a day, hold for 20-30 seconds.This stretch immediately helps to stretch the lower back and hamstrings. Best done during the day or evening.
~Mark
2. Back in my office days, I did the following at least once an hour to help keep me from getting overly tight working at a computer:
- Knitting the fingers together and stretching the arms forward, palms out. Then slowly raising the arms overhead.
- Crossing the arms over the body, using the opposite hand to hug the arm closer to the chest.
- Grabbing each side of a door frame at shoulder height and stretching the torso forward.
~Samantha
3. Simple neck stretches: turning right and left, leaning the head right and left, chin to the chest, head tilted back. Repeat 5 times.
~Linda
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