For those who spend long hours sitting, stretching helps alleviate tension and stress ... Keep your left leg straight on the floor. Extend your right arm out to the side. Use your left hand to press ...

If you have a desk job, you know it’s all too easy to get stuck in your seat for hours. Before you know it, it’s five p.m., ...

Use your left hand to rotate your right thumb five times clockwise and five times counterclockwise. Inhale and stretch your ...

1. Stand in a doorway. Cross one leg over the other leg. 2. Reach toward the side with the leg that’s in front. 3. Push onto ...

Hold this position for 5 breaths, then switch sides. Standing or sitting, drop your right ear toward your right shoulder and feel a stretch in the left side of the neck. Hold for 2-4 breaths, and then ...

Shoulder and neck back interlaced fingers stretch (2 reps—one each side) 1. Interlace your fingers behind your low back. 2.

Couch stretch - 2 minutes each side “Start with two to three minutes in each position, that’s a great baseline, then gradually work up to four or five minutes,” Mooney advises.

It's time to repeat these standing and sitting poses from earlier but on the other side, so if you started with your left foot forward before, begin with your right foot ahead of you this time.

More from Tom's Guide This 6-move stretching routine boosts your mobility and offsets the effects of sitting Forget weights — this 30-minute yoga routine builds flexibility and strengthens your core ...