These shapes restore what chairs steal: length in the front of the body, movement in the mid-back, and strength-ready range at the hips and ankles. The result isn’t circus flexibility. It’s a body ...

Sitting all day isn’t great for your health. Beyond increasing the risk of chronic conditions like type 2 diabetes and heart disease, it can also cause tight muscles, stiffness and pain throughout ...

Gluing yourself to a chair or couch for prolonged periods can tighten the hip flexors (the muscles at the front of your hip that help lift your leg) while simultaneously weakening the glutes, Pavao ...

If you’re hunched over a computer all day, you need to counteract that sedentary, posture-crushing time with some movement. And there’s one specific spot you should be targeting: your thoracic spine.

It’s highly likely that you’re sitting at your desk as you read this. At the very least, you’re probably sitting down – we do a lot of that nowadays. But too much sitting can have unwanted effects on ...

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Are you sitting like a prawn? If you’re a social media user, you’ll likely recognise Adam Richardson from his gentle exhortations to get people moving and mobile. In comparison with the tide of health ...

It’s difficult, says Dr Chris McCarthy, an Associate Professor at Manchester School of Physiotherapy, to find a stretch that really reaches the very lower back. ‘You've got to do some slightly unusual ...

Desk jobs often lead to aches and poor posture. Fortunately, simple desk-friendly exercises can combat this. Tricep stretches, shoulder rolls, forward stretches, overhead reaches, and shoulder ...

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Jakob Roze, CSCS, is a health writer and high-end personal trainer. He is the founder and CEO of RozeFit, a high-end concierge personal training practice and online blog. The downward dogs and cat-cow ...