Everyone loves a good stretch. The practice feels good because the act of stretching activates a network of relaxing and calming nerves and increases blood flow to one's muscles. Stretching also ...

Let me share a simple yet powerful secret to feeling better every day, especially if you spend long hours sitting or just ...

The average adult spends about 6.5 hours a day...sitting. That’s 45.5 hours a week, 182 hours a month and 2,184 hours a year...sitting. It’s no wonder we’re all complaining about tight hips, strained ...

Dr. Carrie Jose, in her latest Health and Wellness column, explains what the reasons could be if your stretches don't work.

The notion that sitting isn’t good for you isn’t new – but if you think that running regularly cancels out the negative side effects of sitting all day, you’d be wrong. Research indicates that no ...

Recent advances in exercise physiology and biomechanics have refined our understanding of how diverse stretching techniques affect muscle properties. Contemporary studies have compared resistance ...

A good stretch has always been the go-to prescription for sore muscles. But do forward folds and bicep stretches actually do anything? To find an answer to this surprisingly complex question, it helps ...

Stretching your feet should be an important part of any pre-workout warmup routine. Here are four foot stretch exercises to help you do it. If you’ve got a good pre-workout stretching routine in place ...

You know the drill: You just finished a killer workout, you're so sweaty that it feels like you low-key took a second shower, and the last thing you want to do is stretch. At one point or another, ...

We write about fitness for a living, and these are the 4 moves we actually use when our hips get stiff from desk sitting.