Rochester Lodge Back Pain Clinic Weston-super-Mare.

This stretching exercise is is devised to activate those muscles weakened and simultaneously stretch those tightened by a prolonged sitting posture.  

Perform this exercise once for every half hour of sitting:

·          If you are sitting at your desk - remain seated but move away from the desk.

·          Sit at the edge of the chair (safely) and place your feet apart, slightly wider than the hips and slightly turned outwards.

·          Make sure that the chin in gently tucked in as if nodding and breathe in using the tummy muscles.

·          Breathe out slowly by blowing out the breath and at the same time rotate the arms outwards and spread the fingers.

·          Lift up the chest and gently pull the shoulders back.

·          You may like to imagine that you are gently being pulled up by strings like a puppet into a good sitting position.