If you engage in any sort of athletic endeavor, you know that any stretching you do tends to emphasize the lower body, if you even stretch at all. It makes sense: Your hamstrings, quads, and calves ...

We tend to put a lot of weight on our shoulders without even realizing it. Whether you’re carrying heavy grocery bags or lifting your arms to grab something overhead, you’re bound to experience ...

If you've experienced shoulder tightness, discomfort, or pain, you know how frustrating it can be to do just about anything that requires you to lift your arms. Whether you're trying to power through ...

If you spend most of your day slouched over a desk, then hi, same! I do my best to get up and move around every hour, but to be honest, tight shoulders are tough to shake off. Fortunately, simple ...

A little self massage, twisting, and extending will go a long way to relieving soreness in these neck and shoulder stretches. Looking at screens and staying in one position for a long time without ...

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 ...

At age 23, Jamal Hill, learned he has Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, a progressive neurological condition that affects muscles, especially in the arms and legs. Soon after, he joined the U.S. Paralympic ...

Do you ever feel like you resemble one of those rubber band balls? Like you’re all twisted inward and your neck and shoulders are interwoven in a tight, ropey mess? Looking at screens and staying in ...

Some of these movements are great for a dynamic warm-up before starting an activity, while others are good recovery options. By integrating these stretches in your regular routine, you’ll feel more ...

One of the first signs of a frozen shoulder is a dull, aching pain in the outer shoulder. The four stages of a frozen shoulder are prefreezing, freezing, frozen, and thawing. Simple stretches and ...

The shoulder mobility exercises and stretches in this video are exactly what I've used to go from a desk jockey who could hardly put his shirt on without feeling shoulder pain to a fit 35-year-old who ...