Stuck To Your Chair?

Feeling stuck to your desk working on the computer and doing Zoom meetings?

Sitting for prolonged periods can be very harmful to your body, particularly your muscles. Individuals can have increased low back and buttock discomfort with prolonged sitting. People have also complained of increased lower limb discomfort and swelling. According to a study by Baker et al. (2018), low back discomfort had a clinically meaningful increase in discomfort at the end of the 120 minutes of prolonged sitting, suggesting a posture break should be taken before 120 minutes.

Here are some poses to do while you’re in your chair to help prevent pain and stiffness in your body:

References:

Baker R,Coenen P, Howie E, Williamson A, Straker L. “The Short Term Musculoskeletal and Cognitive Effects of Prolonged Sitting During Office Computer Work.” Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 Aug; 15(8): 1678. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6122014. Published online 2018 Aug 7. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15081678