If you have trouble figuring out the best way to stretch a particular muscle, try this chart that has a huge range of stretches for each body part. The stretches are arranged into easy, medium, and ...

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 ...

Your adductor muscles help maintain a strong hip, knee, core, and lower back. To keep these muscles loose and avoid cramps, include dynamic stretches as part of your warm-up routine and static ...

Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) is a form of assisted stretching. It combines passive stretching with muscle contraction. First, your partner applies force to stretch your muscle ...

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

Regular exercise is essential for a healthy lifestyle, and most people with an active lifestyle know how important it is to warm up before exercising. However, if you’ve only recently started ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor and has been writing about health, fitness, and science here since 2015. Beth was the recipient of the 2017 Carnegie Science Award in science ...

Without realizing it, many of us start our day by stretching before we even get out of bed. Involuntary stretching of your muscles is called pandiculation. It’s a behavior seen in most types of ...

When it comes to stretching, it's easy to focus on the larger muscles of the legs: the hamstrings, hips, quads—even the glutes. But the calves? They don't get enough attention. Calves can be a bit ...

Muscle cramps are a common issue that many people get from time to time. If one of your muscles feels like it’s contracting (getting tight) for no reason — and you can’t get it to relax — that’s a ...