3 Ways to Relieve Work-From-Home Pains
By A.C. Shilton
3 Ways to Relieve Work-From-Home Pains
3 Ways to Relieve Work-From-Home Pains
A year into working remotely, you may feel the toll of long hours at your desk. Stretching can help relieve pain and improve blood flow to your muscles.
“Motion is lotion,” said Ellie Somers, a Seattle-based physical therapist. Here are three simple stretches to try →
3 Ways to Relieve Work-From-Home Pains
Working all day at a computer can lead to overuse of some wrist muscles and underuse of others, said Abby Bales, a New York City-based physical therapist. Stretching your wrist flexors and extensors “prevents the wrist from getting locked into a smaller range,” she said.
3 Ways to Relieve Work-From-Home Pains
At the computer, we also tend to pull our shoulders upward and lean our head toward the screen. Three- to five-second shoulder shrugs can help. “By actively shrugging and then letting go, the brain is made aware of the unhealthy height of the shoulders,” Dr. Bales said, and it resets accordingly.
3 Ways to Relieve Work-From-Home Pains
A number of upper-body muscles tend to contract when you’re hunched over your computer, Dr. Bales said. Stretching your back and chest, by clasping your hands behind your head and squeezing your shoulder blades, helps open up the chest and the shoulders.
3 Ways to Relieve Work-From-Home Pains
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