10 minutes a day keeps inflexibility away!
If you complain of back pain, inflexible body, tight hamstrings, or muscle pain, you are just 10 minutes away from the solution. Who says it is necessary to workout at a gym for hours to keep those problems at bay? The solution is as simple as a few stretching [...]

Do gymnasts and dancers need yoga?
Yoga improves the flexibility of the body by improving the range of motion. There are various types of yoga, each having its own focus area. E.g. Hatha yoga has proved to positively increase the muscle movement i.e. the flexibility. Yin yoga helps to move the flexibility from muscle tissue to [...]

A small routine that counts in the long run
A hamstring refers to one of the tendons that make up the borders of space behind the knee. It usually includes tendons of semitendinosus, semimembranosus, and biceps femoris. The main job of the hamstring is to extend the hip joint and flex the knee. Runners are more [...]

Get the right stretch for the right swing!
Golf is a game of swing. Winning or losing is seldom determined by a rule other than the right swing. The swing in golf requires a very wide range of motion and flexibility is a pre-requisite for that. Flexibility is the key word which many amateur golfers do [...]

Right Steps to avoid lower back pain.
Generally lower back stretches are said to be stretching exercises done for avoiding the threat of lower back pain. Lower back stretches are also advised to be done by the people who are actually suffering from the lower back pain. This advice is admissible only when it is done [...]

The mantra of yoga - A healthy mind rests in a flexible body
Yoga has nowadays become a crucial part of a person’s life. It works on the physical as well as the mental level. No other form of exercise can offer this. Yoga also helps the body in improving the lung capacity, circulation, preventing muscle [...]

Strength and stretch classes help in learning the basic concepts of muscle contraction. Many people use stretching as a warm up exercise or also for cool down. But, for serious practitioners, it is a complete workout in itself. For the aid of such people, there are strength and stretch classes. These classes prove beneficial in [...]

Yoga is an age old science with millions of followers worldwide. It is known to help an individual develop physically as well as spiritually. It boosts the immunity of the practitioner and makes the body very flexible. Yoga stresses on a combined mental and physical development. All the yoga poses are nothing but stretching exercises [...]

It has been proven that stretching help increase flexibility of the body and performance of the muscles and decreases the risk of muscle injuries. Traditionally stretching was done during cool down; after a workout but it is now recommended that one should even do stretching as an activity in itself apart from cardio or strength [...]

A small guide that goes a long way
Flexibility is generally defined as the range of motion of the joints. It is the ability to bend and stretch easily without too much effort. Flexibility depends upon various factors like the state of the joints, muscles, length and looseness of muscles, shape of bones, age etc. Some [...]