There is a reason why stretching into a pilates lunge always make you sigh “ahhh” with relief. Thanks to our overly sedentary work life, our hips and backs are feeling tighter than ever.

In the U.S. we spend 10 hours a day seated on average, 80 percent of us will experience lower-back pain being desk, car or sofa bound. This is sometimes referred to as, long-term parking, which causes lower-back pain by upsetting the normal, healthy function of a few major muscle groups. 

The main problem is poor posture.

We tend to slouch while we sit, and cashew-curling our upper body strains back, neck and shoulder muscles.

Here are Po/P’s 3- must-dos’ to get you back on track:

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Need to work on your form and technique?

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