Today

How Often Should You Stretch to Prevent Injury? A Personal Trainer Explains

After a long run or a strenuous lifting session, it feels good to stretch your muscles. In addition to preventing injury, stretching can also improve flexibility, making everyday motions a little ...
Outside on MSN

7 Exercises to Stretch and Strengthen Your Calf Muscles

New perk: Easily find new routes and hidden gems, upcoming running events, and more near you. Your weekly Local Running ...
Well+Good

The 4 Best Stretches for Your Hip Abductors, According to a Personal Trainer

Whether you’re a gym rat, a runner, or just someone who spends way too much time glued to a chair (hey, no judgment), your hip abductors deserve some TLC. They’re the muscles that help you move your ...
Los Angeles Times

5 easy exercises for your hips and hamstrings to alleviate desk job aches and pains

Prolonged desk work can lead to musculoskeletal problems ranging from annoying aches and pains to injuries. This month, we launched a six-part series showing you how to stretch and strengthen your ...

New research shows how long, hard and often you need to stretch to improve your flexibility

Can you reach down and touch your toes without bending your knees? Can you reach both arms overhead? If these sound like a ...
Los Angeles Times

5 easy exercises for your feet and ankles to relieve desk job aches and pains

Prolonged desk work can lead to musculoskeletal problems ranging from annoying aches and pains to injuries. This month, we launched a six-part series showing you how to stretch and strengthen your ...
Prevention

Your Guide to Stretching for Healthier Joints

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 ...
Today

7 Ab Stretches to Improve Spinal Mobility and Reduce Back Pain

Our core is an area we are constantly working — whether it's during a workout, maintaining our balance when walking or stabilizing us during daily movement. Despite how much we use the core, ...
Women's Health

The best stretching routine for women in their 40s and beyond, according to a trainer

Sure, pressing heavy dumbbells over your head is downright badass. But if your shoulders creak like an old floorboard or your hips feel like they need an oil change, that PR won’t be *quite* as ...
Health.com

How Often to Stretch for Better Mobility, Less Pain, and Healthier Aging

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, ...
The Conversation

New research shows how long, hard and often you need to stretch to improve your flexibility

Grant R. Tomkinson has received funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council, National Institutes of Health, and Public Health Agency of Canada. Hunter Bennett and Lewis Ingram do not ...