Modern-day living can be hard on your back, especially if you spend most of your day hunched over a desk or sitting on a long commute.

“We’re simply not moving our bodies through full ranges of motion as often as we need to,” says Pilates educator and practitioner James Shaw, founder of James Shaw Pilates .

“The body is designed to move, and when it doesn’t get enough movement or variety, the back is often the first place we feel it.” You may like

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So, what’s the solution? Along with moving

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