If you’re into a 9-5 job, you spend most of our day sitting at your work station, staring at your computers, which according to the reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is one of the common causes of neck, back and shoulder stiffness. It’s not the staring that causes stiffness in your back and shoulder, it’s your posture.
Sitting in a wrong posture for long, looking down at your computer all day can cause the muscles around the neck, back and shoulder joints to tire and become overstretched. So, if you’re grappling with back and shoulder stiffness, you’re not alone.
Here are 3 yoga moves that will provide relief to your upper back as well as shoulder from stiffness.
Upward facing hands
To begin, engage your thighs and arch your back up in cat pose. To stretch your upper back more effectively, you’ll need to laterally rotate your upper arm at the shoulder joint and reach your arms up over your head. Stay in this position for a while and breathe in and exhale a few times.
Eagle arms
For this move, you’ll need to sit comfortably on a chair, extend one arm straight out while laterally rotate upper arms at the shoulder joint. Now cross your right arm over the left while bending at the elbows with your fingertips pointing upward. Try if you can touch your palms to each other. Take a few deep breathes, relax your shoulders away from the ears. Now repeat the same on the other side.
Forward bend
Stand firmly on the floor, keeping your feet wider than your hips. Breathe in and exhale, folding at the hips and resting your belly on your thighs. Let your head hang and gently shaking the head “yes” and “no.” Note that you can also do this pose seated in a chair for more support.
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