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If you're looking for a way to improve your flexibility, reduce stress, avoid injury and extend your range of motion to help boost your exercise performance, take a tip from Mother Nature: Stretch.

Patrick Fernandez, a flexologist with StretchLab's location on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, appeared on "Fox & Friends" in 2022 to share smart tips and stretching ideas for the holiday period and ...

Bend forward to touch your toes and you might be surprised by how tight your hamstrings feel. (And your glutes, and your back.) When it’s tough to move and bend with ease, it can be a sign that you ...

For many, stretching is the fitness equivalent of awkward small talk. It's the opening act, the thing you tolerate because you know it will be over soon. Others have challenged the practice, ...

Be honest: do you stretch before and after your workouts? If you don’t, you actually might be onto something. Most physically active adults with reasonable fitness goals may not need to stretch at all ...

Unless you practice yoga regularly, it can be easy to neglect stretching as a part of your regular workout routine. Sure, you know you should take at least a few minutes to do it daily — or at the ...

There are tons of different stretching exercises—you can stretch the whole body, or just focus on specific areas like the legs or hips. There are also static and dynamic stretches. The choice between ...

When you were a kid, the concept of stretching likely seemed straightforward—every gym class started with a jog around the gym, followed by five minutes of simple, instructor-led stretches like ...

Once you put in a few hours in the gym or finally take the final step in a miles-long run, it’s very easy to want to head straight to the showers rather than stretching. But not taking the time to ...

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 ...

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, ...