Stretching at Work Place

So why is it important to do some stretching at your work place?

Now a days, we have the best designed chairs, tables or say the best designed workstations which gives you a very good comfort and relax to your body.
However, how well the designs are, still we end up sitting only in one position, with hardly any movement to our body. This leads to muscle pain, especially you will have regular back, shoulder and neck pain. So to avoid this its always good to take a 5 mins break in every hour and do some simple stretches.
For these stretches there is no need to go to a gym or an open area. These stretches can be preformed at your desk. Below are few stretches which can be followed every 1-2 hours time, and will not take more than 5 mins.

With these stretching your body muscles relaxes and will help keep you fresh, and avoid muscle pains. However there is one more muscle which gets strained the whole day with no rest at all. And they are your eyes. So how to relax your eye muscles. Follow the 20-20-20 Rule.

So the Rule says, look away from your computer at least every 20 minutes and at a distant object (at least 20 feet away) for at least 20 seconds. Looking far away relaxes the focusing muscle inside the eye to reduce fatigue.

Another exercise is to look far away at an object for 10-15 seconds, then gaze at something up close for 10-15 seconds. Then look back at the distant object. Do this 10 times.

This exercise reduces the risk of your eyes' focusing ability to "lock up" after prolonged computer work.

Both of these exercises will reduce your risk of computer eye strain. Also, remember to blink frequently during the exercises to reduce your risk of computer-related dry eye.