9 Reasons You Need To Stretch Every Day

How To Do It Properly (Most Of Us Have Been Doing It Wrong Our Entire Lives)

At the vibrant age of 25, I can whole heartedly say that I wish I would have done more stretching growing up. Even though I’m correcting my mistakes now, I absolutely feel the consequences of my teenage physical neglect.

A constant soreness in the neck, tight, cramped muscles, back pain and serious inflexibility are but a few outcomes of my carelessness with stretching throughout the years.

I feel there wasn’t enough emphasis placed upon the importance of stretching when I was in school. In fact, the little bits I remember learning about stretching, to my surprise, turned out to be completely wrong! Did you know that stretching before a workout can be dangerous? Well neither did I, which is why I put together this article to address some crucial tips for proper stretching.

The Amazing Benefits Of Stretching

 1) Helps improve flexibility (Obvious one- increases your range of motion)
 2) Better balance
 3) Assists in correcting posture

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Stretching lengthens tight muscles that pull areas of the body away from their intended position (because of so much time being spent at our computers, many of us have tight chest muscles which pulls the shoulders and head forward, leaving us with a hunched shoulder look). Continue reading