Some find time for 'Chair Yoga'

Many of us are spending more time in front of a computer, which can hurt your health.

We talked to physical therapists to find some simple tricks to help your body and mind.

TO A PHYSICAL THERAPIST TO FINDSOME SIMPLE TRICKS TO HELP YOURBODY AND MIND.SOCIAL DISTANCING HAS CREATEDAN ENVIRONMENT WHERE MANY OFUS ARE SPENDING COUNTLESS HOURSIN A CHAIR.ALTHOUGH WORK IS GETTING DONE,IT COULD BE TAKING A TOLL ONTHE BODY AND THE MIND.FRED LOEFFLER IS A PHYSICALTHERAPIST AT THE INDIANAHEMOPHILIA AND THROMBOSISCENTER.HE IS USED TO WORKING WITHPATENTS FEELING PAIN.HIS TEAM REALIZED, THE TOOLSTHEY USE WITH THEIR PATIENTSCOULD BENEFIT ALL HOOSIERSRIGHT NOW.IT IS CALLED "CHAIR YOGA." "NOWTHAT WE ARE ALL SITTING AT THECOMPUTERS AND MOST OF US ARE ATOUR LAPTOPS, WHICH IS A SHORTERKEYBOARD, SO WE ARE REALLYFORWARD SHOULDERED, WE HAVE OURHEAD FORWARD, AND WE HAVE AROUNDED BACK AND ALL THOSEMUSCLES IN THE FRONT IN YOURPECK AREA GET TIGHT AND YOURHEAD AND NECK MUSCLES GETTIGHT." WITH THE HELP OF AKIMBER BLACKWELL, A PHYSICIANASSISTANT AT IHTC, LOEFFLERCREATED AN ONLINE CHAIR YOGATUTORIAL FOR ANYONE WHO ISLOOKING FOR MIND AND BODYRELIEF WHILE WORKING FROM HOMEOR TO MANAGE STRESS IN THESEDIFFICULT TIMES.ADAPTING YOGA MOVES TO A CHAIRGIVES EVERYONE A CHANCE TOENJOY THE BENEFITS, REGARDLESSOF SKILL LEVEL."THE CHAIR YOGA IS ABOUT ASEASY AS IT GETS AND YOU CANPROGRESS FROM THERE."WITH THE CHAIR POSES YOU AREJUST DOING A SIMPLE MOUNTAINPOSE OR EXTENSION POSE WHEREYOU ARE LIFTING UP YOUR HEADAND ROLLING YOUR SHOULDERS BACKAND TAKING SOME DEEP BREATHSWILL GIVE YOUR BACK, THEMUSCLES IN YOUR BACK OF YOURNECK AND UPPER BACK A CHANCE TORELAX AND YOU CAN GET SOMESTRETCHING IN." THESE SIMPLEMOVEMENTS GO BEYOND STRETCHINGTHE BODY, LOEFFLER SAYS DEEPBREATHING IS ONE OF THE MOSTIMPORTANT THINGS SOMEONE CAN DOTO HELP WITH STRESS ANDANXIETY."WHEN WE ARE STRESSED OR WHENWE ARE IN THESE POOR POSTURESWE ARE BREATHING SHALLOW, WEARE NOT REALLY GETTING FULLBREATH, WE ARE NOT GETTING FULLOXYGENATION OF BLOOD AND ITJUST MAKES US FOGGY AND IT JUSTMAKES US ANXIOUS.SO THOSE SIX DEEP BREATHS WITHYOUR POSES AND EXTENDING YOURSPINE AND OPENING THINGS UPREALLY DO HELP GET OXYGENATEDBLOOD IN." LOEFFLER SAYS TOTAKE A BREAK FROM WORKING,STRETCHING YOUR ARMS, ANDTAKING A DEEP BREATH IN, CANPAY OFF IN THE LONG RUN.BLOOD INTO YOU.IT'S EFFICIENT IF YOU ARE APATIENT DEALING WITH PAIN OR ANEMPLOYEE STUCK AT HOME WORKINGON A COMPUTER ALL DAY."THAT WAS AMANDA STARRANTINOREPORTING.AND FRED ALSO SAYS -- IF YOUCAN BEGIN A NEW CHAIR YOGAPROGRAM....IT MAY CARRY OVER INTO YOUREVERYDAY LIFE WHEN YOU RETURNBACK TO A NORMAL WORKENVIRONMENT.TIME NOW IS X:XX