Sitting for almost eight hours or more in a day at your desk and not getting enough time to take care of your body? Well, we all are stuck in the same situation. Desk job is one of the riskiest jobs, as sitting for hours and hours on a chair may cause digestive problems, slip disk, pain in neck, shoulders, legs, back and many other health problems. This happens because we skip our exercise routine that a normal body needs to be healthy and fit.
But hey, the problem ends here as we have come up with an amazing solution that will save your time and will help you make your body healthy at the same time. Here we bring to you five easy exercises that you can perform right at your desk.
1. Neck Rolls
Neck rolls is one of the easiest exercises to give relief to your neck pain. All you have to do is sit on the chair with your neck straight and simply start bending your head towards your left shoulder and the second time, towards the right shoulder, then towards the front and back. Repeat it for multiple times!
2. Leg Extensions
Leg extensions is a quick and easy exercise to give relief to your leg pain instantly. Just be seated on the chair and pointing the toe, raise your leg upwards till it gets straight. After which hold on for 10-20 seconds and release. You can perform this exercise either by stretching single leg one at a time or by extending both legs straight together.
3. Leg Twisting
While working at a desk, the most pain occurs in your thighs and leg twisting is the perfect exercise to give your pain a hold. Take a seat, twist your legs onto each other tightly, hold on for 10-20 seconds and untwist them. Repeat the exercise for several times till you get some relief.
4. Praying Hands
Praying hands has always been helpful, either doing it in front of God to fulfil your wishes or by doing it just sitting on your chair to give relief to your hands and wrists. Join your hands together, place it below your chin and then keeping it close to your body, lower your hands till your waist. Hold on until you feel tautness in your wrists. Repeat as required!
5. Back Stretch
Sitting on a chair for long hours will undoubtedly cause back pain every day, resulting in slip disk and other back problems. To provide relaxation to your back, simply keep your back straight, and twist it towards your left and hold on for 10 seconds. Repeat the same on the other side too.
So, what are you waiting for? Start your deskercise now!
