Exercise The Easy Way, Part 2

Here are some ways you can deal with your posture and lack of activity.  For example, while sitting on your chair, you can:

• Circle your ankles, wrists and head.
• Flex and point your feet.
• Rotate your shoulders to eliminate stiffness.
• Clench your fists, then relax them.

Tense muscles cause aches and pains.  To relax them, try this simple experiment: Hold your hand in front of you and tense your fingers as hard as you can.  Now try and move your fingers back and forth.  See how difficult it is?  Shake your hand and relax your fingers making them as loose as possible.  Move them back and forth again.  A lot easier, right?

The muscles in the rest of your body work in the same way.  Tensed muscles are a lot harder to move than when they are relaxed.  When your body is tense all the time, it can become stiff and sore.  So, it’s important to keep moving.  Whenever possible, get up and stretch your legs.  Even scratching your head gets your blood moving.

Here are some more timely tips from Shelley Liebman:  If you sit all day, try the following while working:

• Lift your heels off the floor and lower them back down again.  Repeat – again and again and again.
• While reading, place your hands so that your palms are touching the underside of your desk.  Press up as hard as you can.  Hold for five seconds and release.  Repeat as many times as you like.
• Acquire a small foam or rubber ball and keep it in a desk drawer. Whenever possible, hold the ball in one hand and squeeze it and release it, working the muscles of your hand.  This is particularly good if you have been typing.
• Remove your shoes, place the small rubber ball (or tennis ball) on the floor and gently roll your foot around the ball – a great foot massage.

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