When you wake up in the morning and stretch your body, you feel a good stretch in your muscles and bones. Stretching, a seemingly ungraceful act, is actually a simple and convenient way to exercise and promote health, without being limited by time or space. Stretching not only helps to relieve fatigue, but also promotes blood circulation and takes care of the heart, making you feel instantly refreshed and comfortable.
The correct way to stretch:
1. Forward Bend and Backward Stretch
Stand with your legs apart, shoulder-width apart, and your hands on your waist. Then, firmly bend forward and stretch backward 5 to 10 times, fully stretching your waist.
2. Hip Rotation
Stand with your legs apart, slightly wider than your shoulders, and your hands on your waist. Breathe evenly and rotate your hips horizontally in a clockwise direction, then rotate in a counterclockwise direction. Start with a slow speed and small range of motion, gradually increasing the speed and range. Repeat this movement 10-20 times.
3. Alternating Tapping
Stand with your legs apart, shoulder-width apart, slightly bent, and your arms naturally hanging down. Make fists with both hands, turn your waist to the left, then to the right. At the same time, swing your arms naturally forward and backward with the movement of your waist, tapping your waist and lower abdomen alternately. Adjust the strength as needed. Repeat this motion about 30 times.
The benefits of stretching:
1. It causes strong contractions in most muscles of the body, which helps to quickly return a lot of stagnant blood to the heart and increase blood circulation.
2. It allows the blood vessels in the neck to deliver blood to the brain smoothly, providing adequate nutrition and eliminating fatigue, making you feel refreshed.
3. It increases oxygen intake, exhales more carbon dioxide, and promotes metabolism.
4. It helps to balance and strengthen the muscles of the whole body, especially the waist muscles, preventing lumbar muscle strain.
5. It helps to correct excessive forward curvature of the spine and maintain a beautiful body shape.
Why does such a simple action have such a magical effect? When stretching, the organs in the chest cavity are compressed, which promotes the full movement of the heart and allows more oxygen to be supplied to various tissues and organs. At the same time, the movement of the upper limbs and upper body can supply more oxygen-rich blood to the brain, making you feel instantly refreshed and comfortable. Therefore, regularly stretching and moving your limbs is definitely beneficial for relieving fatigue.
