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Over the past year, many people have been away from the office because of the coronavirus pandemic. Yet that doesn't mean the epidemic of bad backs and tight hips, caused by hours of sitting hunched ...

Even though I started this stretching challenge with the idea of finding out whether I could become more flexible, I have to admit that I was kind of secretly hoping it would not work. After all, if ...

When your nervous system is on high alert, it signals to your body that your muscles shouldn’t relax, so you can’t sink into ...

On a typical workday, I can be found hunched over my desk in full gremlin mode with rounded shoulders and my elbows at odd angles. If I decide to take a break and go outside, I can be spotted roaming ...

Whether you identify as a runner, cyclist, or hiker, you likely know that you should be incorporating a full-body stretch routine into your day. However, it can be difficult to know which exercises to ...

Let me hit you with a very controversial health statement: Stretching is just as important, if not more important, than your workout. Okay, that might not seem controversial, but you would think so ...

We tend to think of stretching as something you do before a workout—or maybe something you should do, but don’t. Yet stretching can be one of the most effective tools for preserving and improving ...

That pre-workout stretching routine you learned in high school gym class might be sabotaging your performance more than helping it. For decades, fitness culture has promoted stretching myths that ...