This short article looks at some of the tips, tricks and helpful hints you can use to help prevent sports injury and do-away with stiff, aching muscles & joints. It’s been put together to answer some of the more common questions we get regarding stretching and sports injury, and details a number of useful sports…

Everyone needs to make use of some good stretching exercises before they do any other kinds of exercises. Stretching exercises are not something that you need to do just once or twice a week. It is important that you do some great stretching exercises before you exercise each and every time. These stretching exercises will…

Stretching is a term that is used very loosely in the fitness industry. Everybody has been taught as young kids to stretch out. I remember in 1st grade physical education, my teacher leading us through stretches before a game of kickball. When to stretch or not to stretch at all is the question you can…

Among the methods applied in sport training, one that has been used more and more lately is stretching. The word, English in origin, is used as such in many other languages and it comes from the verb to stretch (meaning, in this sense, ‘to make your arms, legs and body as straight as possible so…

Stretching both before and after exercise is key to any fitness program. Stretching prior to exercise warms up your body making it less prone to accidents and injuries. Stretching exercises increase joint and muscle flexibility making for a better workout. During the warm-up period, stretches should be held between 15 and 30 seconds. Stretching following…

Stretching simply means extending the body or part of the body to its full capacity. It involves straightening or flexing the body or the limbs. The body is actually a flexible structure and has to be to function properly, at least on a physical level. You should not have too much difficulty to be able…

Most people tend to lift heavy weights as often as possible when trying to increase their strength and muscles. Other people might include some cardiovascular workouts to develop their endurance, sprints to work on explosive power, or low intensity workouts to get rid of fat. One piece that’s missing from many workouts is quite possibly…

Most people are unaware that stretching has many great benefits. Whether you are doing weight lifting exercises for building up and strengthening muscles or cardio exercises to increase stamina and to slim down, it is common knowledge most people do not do sufficient stretching exercises prior and after their exercise program. What’s even worse, a…

Stretching will improve your jogging performance tenfold, as well as your well being and overall fitness. Stretching is a instinctive and natural activity – from humans to cats and everything in between, its done by most living things with muscles. Naturally it is normally done after being inactivity for long periods of time, like after…

If you have aches and pains, if you jog or play any sport, if you sit at a desk for hours at a time, if you dance or swim, or if you drive in rush hour traffic — stretching is essential to keep your muscles healthy. There are many strategies for stretching: to wake up…