According to pain expert, posture specialist and author Esther Gokhale, that’s not a stretch of the imagination, although it is a stretch of the back.
In her Nautilus Gold Award-winning book, 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back, Gokhale describes her Stretchsitting exercise, which involves lengthening the spine against the back of a chair to decompresses the discs, in hopes of preventing further damage and helping them to heal. Other benefits, she says, include improved circulation and nerve function around the spine.
Here are her instructions on how to Stretchsit:
1. Before beginning, attach a cushion to the chair so that it hits you at mid-back, below the...
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