Very important to be able to relax your body and get rid of accumulated tension.
Our daily lives are just stressful and tense situations.
And we feel they are in a literal sense, physically, because they can cause muscle tension, which in turn will lead to pain or more serious health problems.
Given the fact that anxiety and stress are the cause of many diseases, it is very important to be able to relax your body and get rid of accumulated tension.
As stress is coming from muscle strain?
When our body faces any danger, it immediately generates a response to this: our body is on alert to accept the challenge and to meet the danger face to face. This physical and mental “alertness” necessary for our survival.
Thus, our body ready to defend itself. Muscle tense. Thus when we are highly stressed, the body doesn’t recognize what a danger he may face.
The fact is that brain sends the same warning signals (“alarm”, “attention”) in two quite different situations: when we are being chased by a wild animal, or when we just have to work late.
Relieve stress and tension in various ways. Experts told about the 6 exercises that will help you to effectively solve this problem.
To perform them is easy, and the result is excellent: you will forget about the sore muscles!
1. When the voltage in the back
Stand up straight and pull your hands up, put them behind your head.
And lean back so your back is arched (to get the shape of the arch).
Then return to the starting position.
Do 5 repetitions.
This exercise is very effectively relieves tension in the back muscles.
2. When the tension in the neck
The neck is one of the most vulnerable parts of our body when it comes to the effects of stress on our body. But look how easy it is with the help of the following exercises can relieve tension in this area:
Stand up straight, feet shoulder width apart.
Hands on hips, begin to tilt your head forward and then back (as if you slowly nodded, agreeing to something).
Make 8 repetitions.
3. When the tension in the muscles of the face and in the head
Sometimes our head and face also suffer from stress and feel the strain. Here is a simple exercise to get rid of such discomfort:
Stand up straight, put your hands behind your head.
Start to move your head from side to side (rotate).
To make it easier, could use a little help with his hand/hands.
Do 8 repetitions, 4 in each direction.
4. When the tension in the upper body
This exercise is ideal to relieve tension in the back, the trapezius muscle and neck muscles.
Stand up straight, put your hands behind your head.
Start to bend the neck left and right.
Help yourself with the hands to enhance the stretch of muscles.
Stay in the “lower” position for 10 seconds while bending in each of the sides.
5. When tension throughout the body
This exercise can help to reduce the load on the lumbar muscles, the muscles of the lower back and obliques.
Stand up straight, put your hands behind your head.
Tilt your body to the right and extend your left arm to the right side.
Return to starting position and repeat to the other side (now the left).
Do 8 repetitions, 4 on each side.
6. To get rid of any kind of stress
This versatile exercise is designed for people who can say that living in stressful, constantly experiencing emotional discomfort and physical fatigue.
If you are a victim of anxiety and fatigue, or simply you’ve had a stressful day, try the following exercise:
Select a calm and quiet place. The room should be well ventilated.
Stand up straight, although this exercise can be done sitting, feet together, relax your eyes, close them, breathe normally.
Keep your head straight, without straining, it should be natural.
Hands in a free position along the body if you sit, then just put them on my feet. Try to take shoulders back and down, as if to throw them down, then the tension will leave your body through your fingertips.
Transfer the weight of the torso back slightly on the pelvis.
Relax your waist and feel what you have strong and sturdy legs.
Now in a position where the body is completely relaxed, imagine that your head touches the sky, while the feet stand firmly on the ground.
If you feel your body swaying slightly, doing nothing, so be it as long as you don’t catch the balance sheet when the accumulated tension will be released.
Try to stay in this position for 5 minutes. Let your mind relax and all your worries will recede into the background.
After these 5 minutes, lightly massage my face, neck and décolleté.
These simple exercises will help you to relieve tension in the body, which have accumulated under the influence of stress and everyday worries.
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