Pec Stretch for Office Workers

The exercise

The pec muscles are naturally strong and tight that’s why it feels nice to stretch them. Give them some movement and blood especially if you are sitting at a computer at the office all day. We see many patients with high pressured office jobs at Get Strong physiotherapy & osteopathy, if we can find a quick and effective way of helping we will.

The pecs are attached to your upper ribs and shoulders and if there’s one thing we know about the shoulders and ribs is that they love to move. Moving your ribs and shoulders will ‘feed’ the pecs with blood, nutrients and oxygen. It’s a win-win situation.

Because everything is in front of us there is a tendency for us to migrate forwards; our shoulders become over protracted, our thoracic becomes kyphotic, and our ribs become stiff, these are all the exact opposite to what they all prefer to be. Doing a pec stretch because it feels good has many more benefits than you realise.

How to do it

All you need is a doorway and a few seconds of your day. Stand in the doorway with your arms at right angles, take one step forwards, you will immediately feel a stretch across your chest. To increase the stretch gently push forwards. Change the position of your arms to get a different stretch. Stretch for about 20 seconds, repeat 2-3 times.