Tips
10 quick exercises for behind your desk
The re-mind vibrates, what now? You are not ready for a longer break yet. That's okay, a short, quick exercise every 6 minutes also helps against a stiff neck, back or shoulders. As long as you break your static position for a moment. Ten examples:
- Rotate in circles with your shoulders back
- Stand up for a moment
- Stretch and arch your back
- Rotate your arms backward (back crawl movement)
- Stretch your arms up one by one
- Sit (again) against your backrest
- Look behind you, left and right
- Bring your ear to your shoulder and hold for a moment, first left and then right
- Bring your shoulder blades strongly back and down, ensure a long neck
- Check for unnecessary body tension (for example hunched shoulders) and reduce it
The exercises come from Strong Exercise Therapy Johanneke Dekker and the Exercise therapist Saskia Ligt.