JOINT EFFORTS



By the time you are done with a trans-continental flight, your shoulders have frozen, your joints are locked and you are ready to be carried out in a bundle. To avoid shoulder stiffness and discomfort of the upper body on a long flight, try these exercises.



Position: Sit at your desk, and keep feet at a comfortable distance apart.

What to do; Exercise 1

?Place hands on your thighs, inhale and slowly raise the shoulders up towards the ears.

?Hold for 10-20 seconds.

?Exhale forcefully through the nostrils as you release and drop the shoulders down.

?Repeat five times.

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How it helps

?Exercises the ball and socket joint so that movement of the arms is possible in all directions.

?Keeps the muscles around the shoulders strong and flexible to avoid a ?frozen shoulder?.

NOTE: Those with a ?frozen shoulder? should not overstretch the shoulder muscles.

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