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Alice Porter

This expert-recommended tweak to child's pose is helping me undo the damage of my desk job

Woman doing child's pose at home.

If you're anything like me, you probably end your working day feeling a bit stiff and sore after hours at your desk. I don't need endless studies to tell me that spending lots of time sitting down isn't good for my body—I can feel the effects of it every day at 5:30.

Fortunately, there's one simple way to offset the damage of a desk job: movement. Regularly strengthening and mobilizing our joints and muscles eases stiffness, and becoming more flexible and strong also means that our muscles can better support us while we're hunched over our desks.

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