3 easy exercises to gain flexibility and feel light
Even if you try to sit in the correct posture (with your back straight, your lumbar supported on the backrest and your feet on a footrest), if you spend more than an hour in the same position, the muscles of your neck end up tense.
And Dr. Sagrera-Ferrándiz, an expert in manual therapies,
tells us that it is not only that: those in the abdomen are flaccid,
circulation in the legs suffers, the hip joint loses mobility ...
3 easy
exercises to gain flexibility and feel light
To avoid this, practice these simple exercises every now and
then (some can be done standing up in the office) or at the end of the day and
you will feel much better.
And every hour ...
A study from the Mayo Clinic reveals that long hours sitting
can be as harmful as smoking . And to compensate for this, it is not enough to
exercise every day.
Sitting for long
hours is as harmful as smoking
Physical activity is essential for the general health of our
body, but in the case of people who work seated for long hours, experts say
that to avoid the damage caused by a sedentary lifestyle, you have to get up
every hour and walk between 5 and 10 actions.
• Not having the whole thing at hand is a simple way to make
it easier for yourself. If you are at home you can, for example, leave the
glass of water in sight, but away. And, at work, if you have to talk to a
colleague, do not call him on the phone: better go to his table.
• Move while sitting. From time to time, you can do ankle
and wrist twists, rapid contractions of the glutes and abdomen, or some of the
movements that we propose below.
Stand about 50 cm since
the table and spread your legs a little. The feet must remain well supported on
the ground.
• Without arching your back, bring your elbows to the table
and rest them, flexed, on it. Stretch your hands up and hold for a few seconds.
• Stretch your hands up and hold for a few seconds.
Straighten up and
keep your spine straight. If the chair has a backrest, do not lean your back on
it.
• Starting with both feet on the ground, bring one of your
knees towards your chest . Hold it with both hands and bring it a little
closer.
• Hold for a few seconds in this position and repeat with
the other leg.
Close your eyes and cover them with the palms of your hands,
without pressing them .
• In this position, open them for a few seconds to
"see" the darkness.
• Although points of light appear, you must concentrate on
observing the darkness .
• You can repeat this bodybuilding two or three times in a
row .
Bring your head towards one of your shoulders, as if you
wanted to bring your ear closer .
• Keep your shoulders low and relaxed.
• Feel how the entire side of the side furthest from the
shoulder is stretched .
• Repeat with the
opposite side and then say "yes" and "no" with your head
gently.
Rest your hand on the back of a chair and raise your
opposite arm .
• Bring your leg back a few times, bending your knee and
straightening your toes well.
• Try to keep your abdomen tight , your shoulders low, and
your chin off your chest.
Stretch on your back and bend your knees.
• Place one ankle on the opposite thigh . Use your hand to
gently push your lap away, as if you want to push it away, until you feel a
gentle stretch around your hip.
• Keep your back well supported , without curving it when
you stretch your hips.