Last week, I discovered that I can touch my toes (and maybe you can, too). In the past I never really felt like I got much out of stretching, and I know that it doesn’t do much to prevent injury or ...

Maybe you used to be bendier than Gumby–or maybe you dreaded the sit-and-reach test every year in school. Whatever your current flexibility (or lack thereof), it’s all too easy to believe your body's ...

If you’re looking to increase your flexibility or relieve muscle tightness, a common strategy is to add some stretching to your weekly routine. But your typical static or dynamic stretching might not ...

I’m deep into marathon training right now, logging 70-85 miles each week, which means that regular stretching is a crucial part of my recovery routine. I enjoy yoga for runners several times a week, ...

There are three stretches I turn to before frog stretch for looser, more open hips and better mobility, and this is how to do ...

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 ...

Sometimes we just need to move our bodies; not in a lace up our running shoes or hit the gym kind of way, but just move to wake it up and get those feel-good endorphins flowing. Even research shows ...

When should you stretch? As with many aspects of fitness, there are different schools of opinion, and I’ve studied, as it were, with each of them. I’ve stretched before workouts because that’s what ...

If you’ve never experienced low back pain, just wait. Up to 80 percent of us end up suffering it at some point during our ...

Maintaining a healthy lifestyle takes commitment. As we age, that commitment is tested. Even the most dedicated will confront the impacts of Mother Nature and circumstances that force us to consider ...

Even as a moderately to highly active person, it took me a long time to get on the foam roller train. I used to be a purist, writing off any man-made stretching accessory as a frivolous toy not worth ...