ARE YOU SITTING COMFORTABLY ?


ARE  YOU  SITTING  COMFORTABLY ?

You must have read hundreds of news articles, health advisories and now WhatsApp posts about keeping a correct posture. Most jobs nowadays require working on your laptop during office hours and even at home.
Too late you realise that the purpose of issuing laptops is to keep you working 24x7, whether in office or home, train or plane. They even expect you lug your laptop on well deserved holidays too.
Your posture becomes stooping down to the screen for long stretches at a time. In no time you start to feel like a pudding. Research data say that 40% of sick leaves are due to back problems.
 Using the gym provided by the office during lunch hours is futile thinking, as there are several persons with the same idea. Also doing any exercise after lunch is strictly no-no.
You decide to join a gym near home, resolving to get up early. You make a timetable of getting up, gym, return, bath, breakfast and then to office. The Gym convinces you into grabbing a discount offer on 6-monthly or yearly membership and cons you into paying.
You start this routine, but soon start missing the sincerely thought out timetable and schedule. The office sends you to client meetings for which you start at daybreak. Too late you find that you could avail only a dozen days or so of the 6-month fee you paid. The Gym management (who know that this is going to happen) obligingly says you can extend the contract by taking a “break”. You take a sigh of relief, promising to a gym regular. Alas, if wishes were ….
What to do? Fortunately the internet helps you in this. Find out and select your own range of simple exercises which can improve your posture, circulation and relieve stress – all from the comfort of your chair. There is help for your neck, shoulders and the lower back.
No fancy equipment is required. Learn the exercises and remember to do them. You can even have your computer flash a discreet sign every 20 minutes or so which reminds you to do some walking, stretching and relaxation to sooth your tired eyes and aching arms. This can reduce stress and have a positive effect on your wellbeing. The idea is to fit the exercises effortlessly into the working day like a personal trainer.
An office room has spells of quite several times a day; as soon as the room is quite, take the opportunity to sit back in the chair, draw up your ribcage, lower your shoulders, rotate and loosen your neck, stretch your legs, flex your fingers, wiggle your toes.
Heavenly!! The benefits to your back and circulation far outweigh any feelings of self-consciousness. Do not feel the least bit embarrassed. Think of the positive advantages you get, to prevent future problems.
This way you keep fit, save time and all that money on gym and have no guilt feelings of not doing any exercises. What more could we want !

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