If you have a desk job, you know it’s all too easy to get stuck in your seat for hours. Before you know it, it’s five p.m., ...

A variety of factors including injury, inflammation, and activity can cause back pain in seniors. Seated stretching is one strategy that may help seniors prevent or manage their back pain. Learn more.

Side stretching on the floor. Getty Images 5. Hug stretch: While seated, wrap your arms around your rib cage in a big hug with each hand on the opposite side shoulder blade.

6. Repeat with hands on the other (right) side. Handcuff stretch (2 reps—one each side) 1. Take the arms back behind you. 2.

Start by sitting on the ground with your legs open and knees bent to 90 degrees. Drop your knees to one side. The idea is to get your front leg out in front of you at a 90-degree angle, have a 90 ...

Seated Hip Flexor and Quad Stretch Start with your legs in a 90/90 position by bending your knees at a 90-degree angle so your right shin and left thigh are both parallel to the short side of the mat.

Performing stretches while lying on the back is an effective way to stretch the piriformis, as gravity helps increase the hip and leg muscles’ range of motion. It also promotes relaxation.