Finding the time and place to exercise can often be seen as a stumbling block that prevents us from engaging in better health practices. If this sounds like you, consider yoga, which offers us the ability to make healthy choices, improve movement and blood flow, and overall well-being through simple movements that require no additional exercise equipment than your own body.
Whether at your computer or elsewhere, sitting at a desk for a long period of time can leave backs and shoulders feeling tight or achy. Gentle movement can change position and perspective, increasing blood flow and reducing the stiffness and cramping that can come with too much desk sitting.
Not only can simple yoga movements help loosen the knots that frequently lead to shoulder and back pain, these exercises can strengthen those same areas.
In this short 3-minute practice, Dr. Theresa Larson, DPT, introduces the “Belly Down, I, T, Y, W” drill that requires only the weight of your arms to make a gentle, but significant impact in your shoulders and back.
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I agree with Thomas’ comment above–this is not desk-friendly. It looks like an easy stretch if I had a clean area to lay down in in my office, but I really don’t. Any advice you can give for actual stretches that can be done sitting / standing at the desk would be helpful.
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The intro said desk friendly, the video is not.
Thank you for sharing!! I do sit a majority of my workday and often experience tightness/soreness in my back and shoulders, however it is highly unlikely I’m going to lay on the floor in my office to do these yoga exercises. Can you share some similar yoga exercises that can be done while standing or sitting that will help alleviate my shoulder and back pain?
Excellent Video & Article….Drive On VA & Thanks