This reduces the risk of tears, sprains, and other common injuries. On the other hand, stretching after exercise helps release accumulated tension, preventing stiffness and discomfort later on.

Static stretches are an excellent choice after exercise. You might perform better with warm muscles than cold muscles, so adding the right stretching moves to your warmup routine can prepare your ...

You can always slightly cut back on your active exercise time to incorporate flexibility work. For example, if you usually walk for 60 minutes a day, walk for 50 minutes and end your walk with 10 ...

Musculoskeletal Division, The George Institute for Global Health and Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Correspondence to Dr Nicholas Henschke, Musculoskeletal Division ...

before and after the series of active stretches ... there is no effect on injury risk of stretching before you exercise. So stretching before exercise doesn’t help protect you from injury.

The average American spends seven hours per day looking at a screen; for agents, that number can be even higher. Some stretching exercises can help.

Why it works: This mobility exercise uses rotation to enhance shoulder range of motion and reduce compensatory tension. If you’ve been stretching your shoulders to relieve stiffness but aren’t ...

Not every illness requires you to put down your gym bag. Moderate to severe ailments can require rest and recovery, but mild ...

Active recovery simply describes doing some low-intensity physical activity after a strenuous bout of exercise. This is commonly achieved through low-intensity cardio, such as walking or cycling, but ...

Finding the best time to exercise during Ramadan can be challenging. Should you work out before Suhoor, pre-Iftar, or ...

Dr. Aaron Yengo-Kahn is a pediatric neurosurgeon at Children’s Hospital of Orange County, part of Rady Children’s Health.