{"id":2427,"date":"2016-01-19T13:49:44","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T19:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.northwestpharmacy.com\/healthperch\/?p=2427"},"modified":"2018-10-01T17:37:38","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T22:37:38","slug":"desk-stretches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northwestpharmacy.com\/healthperch\/desk-stretches","title":{"rendered":"The Best Desk Stretches to Limber up, Get Focused, and De-Stress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prolonged sitting, even for those who exercise <strong>30 minutes a day,<\/strong> increases risk for <strong>heart disease, diabetes, cancer, <\/strong>and<strong> early death. <\/strong>By performing simple desk exercises. This is especially problematic for <strong>desk workers<\/strong> who spend 8 hours of their day sitting.\u00a0 <strong>Desk stretches<\/strong> can <strong>minimize the effects of sitting at work<\/strong> and are easy to incorporate into your day.<\/p>\n<p>During a break at work, try out some of these easy desk stretches. From <strong>arms to legs\u2014<\/strong>these exercises will get your heart pumping.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northwestpharmacy.com\/healthperch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/desk-stretches-final.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2445\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2445\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northwestpharmacy.com\/healthperch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/desk-stretches-final.jpg\" alt=\"desk-stretches-final\" width=\"1068\" height=\"9306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.northwestpharmacy.com\/healthperch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/desk-stretches-final.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.northwestpharmacy.com\/healthperch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/desk-stretches-final-69x600.jpg 69w, https:\/\/www.northwestpharmacy.com\/healthperch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/desk-stretches-final-235x2048.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1068px) 100vw, 1068px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prolonged sitting, even for those who exercise 30 minutes a day, increases risk for heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and early death. By performing simple desk exercises. This is especially problematic for desk workers who spend 8 hours of their day sitting.\u00a0 Desk stretches can minimize the effects of sitting at work and are easy to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>The Best Desk Stretches to Limber up, Get Focused, and De-Stress - Health Perch<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Desk stretches can minimize the effects of sitting at work and are easy to incorporate into your day. 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