· 6 min
Stretching when you sit all day: the whole picture
What sitting actually does, which body parts to spend your time on, how long to hold, and how little it takes to keep up. The hub for everything else we have written.
Why you're stiff, and what actually helps.
Short, practical pieces about the parts of you that complain after a long sit. No miracle cures, and no "just be more disciplined". Lucy is built on the idea that the hard part is doing it at all.
· 6 min
Tight hips from sitting all day
Why the front of the hip is the first thing a chair shortens, five stretches that cover it, and why hip tightness is often what you feel in your lower back.
· 5 min
Why can't I touch my toes?
It is usually hamstrings and hip position rather than anything structural, and arm and torso proportions play a part. What actually changes it, and roughly what the research says about the dose.
· 5 min
Desk stretches you can do without leaving your chair
Eight stretches for the neck, shoulders, wrists and hips that work seated, fully dressed, without standing up or announcing yourself to the room.
· 4 min
Stretches to do before bed
Five floor stretches that suit the end of the day, why the evening is the easiest session to keep up, and what to avoid if you want to wind down rather than wake up.
· 4 min
Morning stretches before the chair gets you
Six upright stretches for the first few minutes of the day. No floor, no mat, and nothing that asks much of a body that has just woken up.
· 5 min
Tight shoulders and upper back from screen time
Why hours at a screen pull the shoulders forward, six stretches that open the front rather than pulling at the back, and the doorway stretch most people do wrong.
· 5 min
How long does it take to get more flexible?
What a 2025 meta-analysis of 189 studies says about the dose that works, why nobody can give you a date, and the one finding that should change how you think about starting.
· 5 min
Ankle mobility for a deep squat
Why heels lift in a squat, the wall test that tells you whether ankles are the limit, and five stretches that work from the ground up.
· 5 min
Stretches for drivers after a long shift
A driving seat is a chair that also vibrates and will not let you shift position. Seven stretches that work beside the vehicle, with nothing that needs the floor.
· 5 min
Stretches after a run
Seven stretches for the quads, calves, hamstrings and hips once the run is over, why static stretching belongs after rather than before, and how long to spend.
· 6 min
Stretches for a lower back that aches after sitting all day
Four stretches for a lower back that feels tight after a long sit, in the order to do them, with how long to hold each one and when to ask someone instead.
· 4 min
Why your neck hurts at a desk (and what to do in three minutes)
Why a desk leaves your neck and shoulders feeling stiff by mid-afternoon, and a three-minute sequence of four stretches you can do in the chair you are already in.
· 4 min
How long should you hold a stretch?
Twenty seconds, thirty, two minutes? The research is less dramatic than the internet, and the practical answer is shorter than you'd think.
· 4 min
Stretching when there's nowhere to lie down
Hotel rooms, open-plan offices, airport gates and the two square feet beside a kitchen counter. A full routine that never touches the floor.
Five minutes. That's the entire commitment.
Lucy walks you through one stretch at a time and tells you when to switch sides. One routine is free in full, forever.