#stretches

[the-eccentric-eclectic]

Hey kid, look at me.

I want you to T-pose. Turn your right thumb up and your left thumb doen and look at your right thumb. Move your arms up and down a bit until you feel a nerve running from your armpit to your palm. Now turn your right thumb down and your left thumb up, and look at your left thumb. Keep your chest facing forward and your shoulders back. Move your arms again until you feel that nerve again. Keep alternating between these two for a minute, or look at each thumb thirty times each.

Now sit down. Put your left hand firmly under your left buttock, palm down. Keep your shoulders back and put your right hand over the crown of your head, very gently pulling it to the right. Do this for thirty seconds, then do it again but with your right hand under your right buttock.

These are stretches for the nerves in your arms, and are very good for people who sit behind a computer a lot, or fibre artists, or you name it. Do them daily. They will hurt in the beginning, but keep doing them, even after the pain has gone, or it will return and you'll have to start all over.

[tizzymcwizzy]

this is a poster i made for my call to action assignment in humanities! it's a bunch of basic and easy stretches for people who sit and work at a desk all day (me)

the idea is that you'd put the poster up above ur desk and do the stretches every 30 minutes or so,, the whole routine won't take more than about 6 minutes to complete and when done regularly it can prevent wrist, shoulder, neck and back pain! :)

all these stretches can be done while sitting (although i HIGHLY recommend you stand up and move around while taking a break from working)

you can get a free digital copy of this poster here on my gumroad!

and you can order a print/poster here from my inprnt!

[jelixpo]

Click for higher resolution. Hopefully this is helpful!

[incognitopolls]

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[thoughtportal]

dead arm

[fucking-relax]

borrowing from @bruderkaitlin 's post on twitter

[jenfoundabug]

lllllllllllllllllllllloooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnggggggggg (This spider is very long, if you didn't notice.) I love the little feetsy sticking off to the side to monitor vibrations on its web.

Stretch spider (genus Tetragnatha) Northeastern Pennsylvania, US

[angelacademy]

MY SHOULDER AND BACK ROUTINE FOR A 90 DEGREE SHOULDER LOOK.

HOW TO CORRECT YOUR POSTURE

POSTURE.

Posture is important for many health related reasons. But having good posture also helps you look better aesthetically. Posture is a form of body language and is one of the first impressions you can give to people. It can signal to others that you are open, engaged, and in control of the situation. This can enhance your social interactions and professional relationships. Having better posture also shows off an aura of confidence as you are standing up straight and not slouched over which can send a closed off message.

HOW TO IMPROVE IT:

Here is my updated routine that I follow that allows you to have upright posture and achieve the 90 degree shoulder look.

These are my top 3 videos that I have done for sometime and have liked the results they give. I usually only do the one by oppserve regulary, but if I am feeling good I will pick another by any of the ones I have listed. The one by XHIT is more of a workout video than a stretch so I would include that in my workout routine, the rest I would do them after I finished a workout. To start seeing results I reccomened doing atleast 1 or 2 workout videos for 7 days. You can do one in the morning and another in the evening if you feel like it but once a day is still fine. You do have to keep on doing them to maintain the look or it will go back to what it was before. I don't do it everyday but 4/7 days a week just because it fits my schedule and is the amount of times I work out anyways.

[exlimix1a]

Quick piece of @luluyamofficial 's character Lucelia + a 30 second speedpaint!

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[americanandwhore]

pov you're being adorable while i stretch

[yuridemon]

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[shadowisabean]

Hello from BC 🇨🇦🐶❤️

[seventyfaces]

Tumblr loves to send around stretching suggestions so I will just add this, as someone who has been in and out of physical therapy my entire adult life:

If a stretch hurts, do not do it.

A stretch hurting means that you aren't ready to do that stretch yet. You need to do different stretches first to build up to that stretch.

You can hurt yourself trying to do a stretch that your body can't handle.

So: if a stretch hurts. Do not do it.