Fitness Tips: Easy shoulder exercise to do at your workplace to release stress

Tight shoulders can cause pain or stiffness in the neck and can limit your daily activities. If the stiffness continues, it can lead to neck pain and cause headaches too. Also, sitting at a computer all day with your head and neck in the same position leaves you with tight, stiff, and sore shoulders. Read on to know easy shoulder exercise to release stress.

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Shoulder rolls

It is an easy way to stretch the shoulders. Stand with the feet hip-width apart. Keep your arms at the sides of the body. Breathe and lift the shoulders up toward your ears and move in a clockwise and anti-clockwise direction. Repeat the exercise for 10 minutes.

Crossbody shoulder stretch

Stand with the feet hip-width apart and stretch the right arm out straight and move across diagonally to the left. Bend the left arm at the elbow. Hook the left forearm under the right arm. With the help of left forearm pull your right arm further in and across your body. Hold this for 20 seconds and then repeat the stretch on the other side.

Wide-legged standing forward bend

Stand with your feet with wider space and interweave your hands behind your back. Engage your leg muscles and keep a slight bend in your knees. Hinge at the hips to fold forward and bringing your arms over your head toward the floor. Hold this pose for up to one minute.

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Reverse Prayer Pose

Bring your hands behind your back with palm facing each other and your fingers facing down. From here flip your hands in the direction so your fingers are facing up. Turn your palms to face each other. Keep your spine straight and hold this pose for 30 seconds.

Neck Stretch

Stand straight and tilt your right ear to your right shoulder. Place the right palm on the left temple and add a little pressure for extra stretch. Hold on to this for a few seconds and slowly return to the straight position. Repeat the tilt on the left side as well for instant relief.

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