Exercises At Your Desk For Neck Pain
A short guide to exercises you can perform at your desk for neck pain, desktherapy.com shows you how to fight pain in your neck with a special exercise programme you can carry out sitting at your desk.
Step 1: Desk exercises for pain:
In your neutral position, interlock you fingers in front of you, gently turn your palms up towards the ceiling, and push your arms up feeling the stretch through your shoulders and your spine. Try not to crunch your neck up or your shoulders too much, this is designed to elongate the body and remove tension. Gently bring your arms back down to your side. Pause for a moment and repeat.
Step 2: Put hands behind neck.
Sitting in your neutral position, in slink your fingers and bring your hands behind your neck. Gently bring your elbows together, with your forearms comfortably under your chin. Draw a figure of eight lying on its side, using your elbows as a pointer. Draw three figures of eights lying on their side, and as you do so feel the stretch of movement coming from your spine. Come back to normal, undo your hands, bring them down back to your sides and relax.
Step 3: Put hands by your sides.
Starting in your neutral position with your hands down by your side, bring your arms up so they are level with your shoulders, and turn your head to look towards one hand, turning the hands over the ceiling as you do so. Come back to the center, repeat to the other side, turning your palms towards the ceiling, pausing, turning your hand back again. Repeat this in sets of two or three.
