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Have niggling neck and body pain? These 8 easy desk exercises will help

Hunching on your desk, bending your neck while using the phone, leaning on the keyboard, and slouching are some of the common habits leading to chronic orthopaedic trouble.

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Kanishka Gupta New Delhi
A desk job may sound less strenuous, as it doesn’t demand much physical movement. Lying down in a chair, while working, may help you preserve some energy, but prolonged sitting aggravates your health and makes you prone to obesity, heart diseases, diabetes and even cancer.

Hunching on your desk, bending your neck while using your phone, leaning on keyboard while typing and slouching are some of the common habits leading to chronic orthopaedic conditions including body stiffness, and perennial ache in your back and neck.

So how can you avoid that niggling neck and body pain, frequent sense of fatigue

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