There comes a point in every desk worker’s day when your neck begins to feel crunchy. Your shoulders feel like they’ve been screwed up to your ears. Your lower back starts to throb. It’s almost like spending eight hours a day hunched over your keyboard with your eyes glued to the screen isn’t good for you.

But there are two very simple remedies for aching desk bodies.

The first is simple: get up.

21st-century office living involves long hours of high-powered working and minimal movement (whether that’s at home or in a physical office), but a 2020 study by UCLA suggested that even if you do regular exercise outside of work hours, it won’t undo the damage done by sitting stock still 9-5. So regardless of how busy you are, move. Get up from your computer or laptop every hour and have a walk about – whether it’s to make a drink, look out of the window or chat to your work bud/housemate instead of using G-chat.