Doing household chores cramping your muscles? 5 stretches to help you relieve sore muscles

The lockdown is probably making all of you do tasks which was seldom done by you before. Be it cooking, washing utensils, sweeping the house or dusting, all these tasks require us to utilise muscles which were not used on a regular basis. Using less used muscles on a regular basis makes them sore initially and might hurt for 3-4 days.
Here are a few stretches you can do in order to soothe sore muscles:

Side lunge

This pose will help in stretching your hip flexors and legs. Just stand firmly with your feet on the ground. Separate your feet and bend towards the left side. Keep going to the point you can maintain your balance and stop. Hold the position for a while and come back to the original position. This will help in giving your legs a good stretch and also ease their soreness.

Seated forward fold

Also known as Pascimottanasana, seated forward fold is another amazing stretch to ease muscle soreness. Just sit on the ground with your legs forward and bend. Try touching your toes and touch your forehead with the knees. Don’t force your body if it doesn’t allow stretching to that extent. Hold the position for 10 seconds and then relax. This will help in relaxing your arms, hamstrings, back and neck muscles. 

Butterfly pose

For this pose, just sit on the ground with your legs folded in a way that your soles touch each other. You should be able to form a triangle with your legs. Now slowly bend forward and let your head bend downwards as your go forward. Hold the position for 10 seconds and come back to the original position. Also known as groin stretch, this pose will help in soothing your legs, back and neck muscles. 

Cobra pose

An amazing stretch for your back as well as abs, cobra pose will help in relaxing your upper body. Just keep your palms on the ground and bend upwards. Your legs should be straight backwards, and spine should be blended. Look forward and keep your arms straight on the ground. Feel the stretch for 15-20 seconds and then relax. Cobra pose will soothe your arms, shoulders, chest, abs and back muscles.

Seated spinal twist

The best stretch to provide relief to your back is seated spinal twist. Just sit on the ground and bring your left foot to the inner thigh. Now keep the right foot on the outside of left thigh. Now, without moving your legs, twist to the right side using your back. This twist will help in relaxing the tensed muscles in the back and buttocks.

This is only for your information, kindly take the advice of your doctor for medicines, exercises and so on.     

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