3 Desk stretches you can do while working from home

Working from home can be quite bad for posture, if people don't have a office set up at home. Fitness trainer Mohd. Junaid Akhtar has advised some best stretching exercises to avoid back pain or neck pain.

Hyderabad: If you are already a victim of screen slouching, it still isn't too late to make a change to avoid any further damage to your back as well as body postures, says Mohd. Junaid Akhtar, ACE-CPT certified fitness trainer.

"While at this time, it's tough to make a massage appointment due to 'physical distancing, measures, there are a few things you could do to relieve any back or neck pain, due to long work hours in front of the laptop".

Our expert advises taking regular breaks every 45 minutes by a small walk in the room or spending a minute or two stretching at your workplace could work.

Although stretching seems a little wearying, it's a great tool to help you remain conscious of your posture while sitting for long hours. To make sure whether your back or joints are in alignment, you might check these stretches.

Pectoral Stretch

It's important to take regular breaks from your computer screen or laptop and regain consciousness of your posture. As a part of the break, interlocking your hands behind your back, pull downwards the ground and squeeze the shoulder blade, says Mohd. Junaid.

As you repeat this stretch more often, it will help your muscles stronger and help you remain in an upright position.

Pectoral Stretch

Trapezius neck stretch

Guilty of humping back at your workstation? It's never too late to stretch your neck and undo some damage. "To stretch out your neck," keep the bottom of your seat with your left hand, bringing your right hand to the left ear and push your head gently downwards, towards the right shoulder. Try to bring your right ear as close to the shoulder you can. Repeat it on the other side as well.

Trapezius stretch

Glute stretch

It's important to show your glutes some love as the tension builds up. "One way of doing this, by staying seated is," plant your right ankle on your left thigh, placing just above your knee with both hands, hold onto your shin and keeping your spine straight, lean forward to feel the stretch on your glutes. repeat doing this stretch on the opposite side as well.

Glute Stretch

If you are working from home amid the COVID-19 pandemic, you might need these stretches to avoid any posture issues. This way you will remain, injury or ache-free, thus start stretching.