StretchesNewsletter for Twelfth Night A.S. XXXVII
You know that feeling, when you've been hunched over a piece of card weaving for an hour trying to get the tricky bit just right, and your back feels like a pretzel. It's not good for you. Spinning and weaving cause a lot of stress on the body, much of which can be alleviated through a series of regular stretches before, during and after you work. In a shameless breach of copyright I have copied this stretch diagram out of "Stretching" by Bob Anderson, ISBN 0 936070 22 6, which can be ordered through Dymocks. I have been using Anderson's stretches for years and they're the only things that keep me functional with all my mangled body parts and long hours at the computer.
You can also use the same motion but directly above your head to stretch out both sides of your upper body and your arms. Hold this stretch for 10 seconds and repeat three times. You can follow this with a stretch that starts with your hands in a similar above-the-head position, but has the hands clasping each other loosely instead of interlaced, then stretch to on side pulling gently on the top hand with your lower hand, keeping the arms as straight as you can. Hold for 10 seconds, once each side. Do these three stretches every half-hour while you work to iron out the kinks. |
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Interlace your fingers, then straighten your arms out in front of you with palms facing out. Feel the stretch in your arms and through the upper part of your back. Hold for 20 seconds, do at least twice.
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