Grace Wilson, IntentBlog

If you're reading this on a computer, you probably need the work to release muscle tension that's built up over the years from all the mouse-clicking you've done!

Sit at a desk or dining room table. Lay your left forearm down on the table in front of you, palm facing down. Starting up toward the elbow crease of the left forearm, place your right elbow onto a tight spot on the left forearm.

Just rest the tip of the elbow into the muscle and hold for a few seconds – no need to press down or force anything. Then, when you're ready, begin raising and lowering your right hand as if you're hammering something into the table – your right elbow remains pressing into the same spot of muscles on the left forearm.

Don't move the right elbow around, just keep it in one spot while continuing with the hammering motion. It's really as simple as that. The hammering motion of bending and straightening your arm moves the elbow joint around into those tight, sore spots in your forearm, massaging the muscle fibers as it rests on top of them. Go slowly to start, and if it feels right, experiment with hammering a little faster.

Once you've worked out the tightness in the left forearm, switch elbows and work on the muscles of the right forearm. When doing any kind of deep tissue work, go in slowly until you have a feel for what's appropriate.

Grace Wilson is the author of "Massage In Minutes: Simple Techniques for Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere."