Stretching before and after exercise can help improve your performance, reduce muscle soreness, and prevent injury with the ...
Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Stretching relieves stiffness and supports mobility, ...
Add these static stretches to your routine to improve flexibility, reduce tightness, and support better recovery. #Stretching ...
A new wave of research is showing what the old gym myths about stretching got wrong—and what you really need to do to reap its benefits. Some fitness experts recommend stretching before a workout, ...
For as different as we all are, most runners these days have one thing in common: We lead busy lives. It can be a win to just get out the door and get your miles in. As such, we often roll right out ...
When people hear that I’m a physical therapist, the next part of the conversation often goes something like this: “I’ve got a pain… tight hips, tight hamstrings, tight calves, tight neck. How do I ...
After over a decade of adding this specific mobility and flexibility routine to my life, to say it has been life-changing is no exaggeration. Not only have I been coaching it as a standalone workout ...
If you can’t touch your toes without majorly bending your knees, that’s a sure sign you could benefit from doing hamstring stretches. But even if you can touch your toes easily, you should still be ...
If you’re a runner, you may warm up with some dynamic hamstring stretches and reward your glutes and quads with a little foam rolling action when you’re done. But how often are you stretching your hip ...