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 ...

I know a lot of yoga students who experience low back pain. And I've observed that many of them keep a more limited range of motion in their yoga practice and their everyday movements than their ...

You can relieve your lower back pain with yoga poses and other exercises, including the knee-to-chest stretch and Cat-Cow. Lower back pain can be debilitating and painful. Staying physically active is ...

Golfers need to be flexible and mobile in order to have an efficient golf swing, but that can be hard to do when we’re sitting for hours on end at a desk. Sitting all day is detrimental to our bodies ...

New research shows that 12 weeks of easy-to-administer passive stretching helps improve blood flow by making it easier for your arteries to dilate and decreasing their stiffness. New research ...

Stretch therapy can help increase your muscle flexibility over time and have a protective effect if performed consistently. It’s beneficial for anyone at any age, but make sure to use proper technique ...

Stretching isn’t exactly the most glamorous or exciting part of anyone’s fitness routine, but it is an important part. To maximize the time you spend getting long and loose, you want to do effective ...