Not sure what stretches to add to your warm-up? These dynamic stretches are guaranteed to have you feeling limber and ready ...

You can always slightly cut back on your active exercise time to incorporate flexibility work. For example, if you usually ...

The National Institutes of Health reports that back pain is the leading cause of morbidity in the nation. Twenty-six percent ...

Here are three static stretches that Law suggests: In the lunge position, lean forward with the hips and bring shoulder back. You can stretch it more aggressively by putting your foot up on a ...

Here are some simple upper-body stretches that target the shoulders, hands, arms, chest and back. I've included both static stretches and dynamic — or moving — stretches. They don’t require ...

Static stretches, on the other hand ... seconds can help because it sends a signal to the nervous system to reset back to your baseline,” he tells Runner’s World. That’s important because ...

Place a rolled up towel or foam roller just above your low back. Place your hands behind your head. Exhale slowly as you allow your spine to arch over top of the foam roller, bringing your head back ...

So PNF stretching is potentially a more time-efficient way to improve flexibility, compared to, for example, static stretching. In a recent study we found four minutes of static stretching per muscle ...

Static stretching and muscle growth caused a stir in bodybuilding circles last year when a study compared a stretching protocol to resistance training, and found those in the stretching group ...