Article: Driver Exercises

Lots of drivers complain that they don’t get enough exercise. We have developed a few simple exercises to help you. Exercise while you drive.

From Travelers Chiropractic Physicians

In-Cab Exercises for Drivers

Neck Pains
Sitting tall in your seat, reach down and grasp the right bottom edge of the seat with your hand. Turn your head slightly right. Then gently lean your body to the left and stretch the muscles. Hold the stretch for 10-15 seconds. Repeat twice.
Now do the same for the opposite side. It’s important to do both sides to balance the benefits.
This should help reduce muscle tension in the neck and shoulders.

Should and Chest Aches
Sitting tall in your seat, raise your right arm up as if to wave. Press you hand up against the headliner and hold it there. Keeping you forearm straight up and your elbow at shoulder level, gently lean your body forward and stretch the muscles. Hold the stretch for 10-15 seconds.
Now do the same for the opposite side. Again, It’s important to do both sides to balance the benefits.
This should help reduce muscle tension and ache in these areas.

Aching Legs
Set your cruise control. While sitting in your seat, lift your right knee up and place it back down. Then lift your left knee up and place it back down. Repeat this 20 times. The effect is “marching” in your seat.
This activity increases the blood flow to your legs and reduces the aches and tingles you sometimes get while driving a long time.

Backaches
Move your bottom a couple of inches forward in your seat and let your shoulders rest on the chair back. Lift your upper back into an upright position without using your arms on the wheel to assist you in the lift. Repeat this 10 – 15 times. This will cause you to use your abdominal and other muscles to strengthen and support your back’s performance. The abdominal muscles account for 2/3 of your back’s strength.

Another way to exercise the abdominal muscles is to tighten your abdomen and hold it tight for the length of a traffic light stop. Do this at every traffic light stop on your trip. The effectiveness of doing this is equal to exercising for an hour or so at the gym doing sit-ups.

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