Search Results for: stretches

Person wiping brow with a towel after working out in gym

March 27, 2025/Exercise & Fitness

Here’s What Helps Sore Muscles After a Workout

… is key for avoiding injury and allowing your muscles to ramp up and recover efficiently. Start by stretching your muscles and doing some simple aerobic exercises before lifting weights. End your routines with stretching and …

man using massage gun after lifting weights

February 14, 2023/Exercise & Fitness

Try a Massage Gun for Relieving Aches and Pains

… tight muscle tissue or soften scar-like tissue, called adhesions. This helps to elongate the muscle fibers.”Stretching and massage therapy can do this, too — but with a massage gun, you can do it on …

June 21, 2019/Wellness

Think You Can’t Do Yoga? You Might Be Believing One of These 8 Yoga Myths

… control.Boost mood and keep anxiety at bay.Ensure quality sleep.Still can’t imagine yourself donning stretchy pants and getting into downward-facing dog? Bar has heard it all before and is here to …

Couple raking leaves in their front yard by their house

October 16, 2024/Orthopaedics

Tips To Avoid Back Pain From Raking Leaves

… muscles than what most typical day-to-day activities demand.Proper technique and a smart approach — like stretching and warming up before raking — are important if you want to avoid injuries or being so sore …

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Person asleep in a chair with an eyemask on and a blanket over their lap

March 17, 2022/Sleep

How Long Should You Nap?

… of a nap is too long?No matter how tired you are, your naps really shouldn’t stretch for more than an hour. At that point, you start risking interrupting your sleep schedule for the …

April 16, 2025/Infectious Disease

Time for a Tetanus Shot? When You Need One and Why

Step on a rusty nail? Time for a tetanus shot, right? That’s First Aid 101. While that’s true, it’s only part of the story.Family medicine specialist Neha Vyas, MD, explains when …

June 24, 2020/Wellness

5 Myths About Massage Therapy

… treatment.Myth 2: Massage therapy mainly involves muscles.Fact: Massage does more than manipulate muscles. Massage can stretch tightened areas of the fascia, a seamless tissue layer connecting muscles, bones and organs. Massage can manually …

Laying on their stomach, a person stretches their arms and legs upward in a Superman stretch

May 5, 2025/Exercise & Fitness

What Is Somatic Pilates?

… feel tense or tight, focus your mind and breath on relaxing the affected area.1. Single leg stretchThis exercise is great for your abdominal muscles.Lay on your back with your legs about hip-width …

March 31, 2021/Sleep

Can Restless Legs Syndrome Affect Other Parts of Your Body?

… relaxing bedtime routine like taking a warm bath and reading a book outside of your bed. Light stretching and walking can also help relieve symptoms. Or try a weighted blanket, light massage or a warm …

September 17, 2024/Orthopaedics

Tendonitis vs. Tendinosis: How Can I Tell the Difference?

Whether it’s a knee, elbow, shoulder, hip or ankle, nagging tendon pain can stop you in your tracks. And maybe this isn’t the first time it’s happened. Or maybe it just doesn …