How to Stay Healthy

at the Office

Office jobs are more and more acknowledges as a health hazard, since human beings are not made to sit on a chair 8 hours a day, 5 days a week.

Here are a few helpful tips to make your stay at the office a little easier on your body.

1. Don't sit up straight

No matter what people tell you, the sitting-on-a-chair position is very unnatural to the human skeleton. In prehistoric times, people gathered around the fire and sat on the ground – this is a lot more healthy.

If your office environment doesn't mind you sitting cross legged on the chair, don't hesitate to sit like that. If not, it's better to lean backwards on the chair as much as you can. Make sure you're not leaning towards the monitor.

2. Never stiffen a yawn

There's a good reason we yawn. When your brain starts steaming from work overload, it needs cooling down. That's what yawning does.

It's understandable to keep the yawn in, especially if the boss is right there, or you're in the middle of a meeting and yawning might be looked at like some kind of disrespect for your colleagues.

While it may look inconvenient, your brain will hate you if you keep it in for too long. So, find ways to hide when you feel the urge to yawn. Pretend you dropped something and when you get down yawn like never before!

3. Move the neck

It's easy to do this one. Do it as much as you feel the need. You can start with down and up movements, then sideways, then left and right, then rolling movements. Make sure to close your eyes, or you'll get dizzy.

The exercises for the neck are pretty much the same as the exercises for the lower back – both parts need that, but the back might be tricky to exercise and not gather attention.

But still, no matter how uptight your office might be, no one can stop you to move your neck a little.

4. Move the shoulder blades

When typing for too long, you strain the wrists and upper arms. Unfortunately, this is not an exercise, but a very unhealthy strain.

To release the tension, grab you hands together and extend your arms forward as much as you can. Then, lift your arms upward as much as you can, until you feel some relief. Finally, fold the elbows and without letting go of your hand, place them behind your head.

It's advisable to do this exercise once every hour, but honestly, the more the better.

5. Move the legs

After working on a sitting job for a long while, some people mostly have problems with the legs – moreover the knees. Because of the lack of walking, the knees start to ache and need movement to work.

So, what you can do is to stretch them under the table and lift them up a few times... or as many as you want. You will also feel some straining in the lower abdominal muscle, it's a good bonus.

But, the best thing you can do for your legs is to simply get up and have a walk, around the office, or even better – outside. If your employers allows this, make sure you get up for a walk every hour. If you drink more water, you'll have to get up more often to go to the bathroom.

6. Move the eyes

Staring at a computer screen is very tiring to the eyes, so you need to exercise them as well. The same thing we did with the neck, we can do with the eyes.

Looking up and down, left and right and rolling them. Just make sure to do it in a darker room, because the lighting might tire them more. You'll feel some relaxation after some short eye movement.

7. Clean up your desk

Cleaning your desk might seem like common sense, but truth is, it might actually save you from unexpected allergies and infections. The keyboard is still one of the most bacteria contaminated objects you touch every day. And, one of the most rarely cleaned ones.

Professional end of tenancy cleaners London state that not only can cleaning and organizing your desk give you a better psychological comfort in your day to way work, but also keep you safe from potentially dangerous bacteria.

And, of course, exercise outside

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