Physiotherapist Lesley Meyer has the lowdown on the importance of stretching, and how to incorporate it into your daily life.

Stretching before and after exercise can help improve your performance, reduce muscle soreness, and prevent injury with the ...

Located in the buttocks at the back of the hip, the glutes are famously the largest muscle in the body. If you’re squatting and lunging, you’re building your glutes. But if you don’t take time to ...

Yoga for back pain: Long hours at a desk, constant deadlines, and daily commutes are quietly impacting the health of office workers in India. Simple chair-based yoga and subtle exercises can help ease ...

Sometimes at the end of a long, stressful day, your upper body might feel more like a claw than a human torso. Sitting for prolonged periods, especially in the crossed-legged pose, and looking at ...

For the first time, an international research team has developed concrete, evidence-based stretching recommendations for practical use. The team was led by Prof. Dr. Dr. Jan Wilke of the University of ...

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 ...

While you should try to hold the pose as long as you can, he added, a general rule of thumb is 10 to 30 seconds per stretch, aiming for a total of about 90 seconds over the course of the day. Older ...

If you've been waking up stiff, struggling with achy joints or feeling like your body just doesn't move the way it used to, you're not alone. But here's the feel-good news: A new study reveals that ...