No Time to Exercise? Do It While You Work!
There just aren't enough hours in the day. At least, that's what we tell ourselves. Most of us struggle with busy schedules, too many time demands, and desk-bound jobs. That doesn't help with the aches and pains - tight necks, aching backs, sore shoulders, tired muscles - that many people face every day. It is quite common for people who are "bound" to their desks and "chained" to theirProstate 911 Review computers to suffer chronic pain and stiffness. Too many hours sitting in stationary positions, craning their heads toward computer screens, and performing repetitive motions like typing and running a mouse can cause damage and weakness to muscle tissue. Stress, too, can cause overuse of certain muscle groups, which results in tissue damage and pain.
One thing that can definitely help to strengthen muscles and relieve stress, counter-balancing the effects of too many sedentary hours, is exercise. But, who has the time? And even if we dedicate several hours a week to healthy exercise (highly recommended and beneficial), it may not be enough to combat a week's worth of sitting still and staring at screens for both work and play. What works best for conditioning muscles and alleviating chronic pain and stiffness is a combination of routine, heart rate raising exercise (walking, running, swimming, dancing, weight training, etc.) with targeted stretching and light exercise conducted for brief intervals throughout the day, every day. This can be achieved by devoting just five to ten minutes every few hours to small, quiet movements that target specific muscle groups.
For example, in order to perform computer work, our arms remain in a shoulders-forward, elbows-bent, wrists-locked position. This forces our biceps and pectoral muscles to continually contract, and the rhomboid muscles in our backs to over stretch. To correct the daily damage this causes, it is necessary to perform the opposite motions, which means stretching muscles in the arms and chest, and shortening/relaxing muscles in the back. There are very simple stretches that can accomplish this, and they can be done anywhere, at any time - even at the office while seated at our desks!
