5 Min. Full Body Quick, Easy Stretch | Daily Routine for Flexibility, Mobility & Relaxation

5 Min. Full Body Quick, Easy Stretch Daily Routine for Flexibility, Mobility & Relaxation

This short and well balanced sequence provides you with everything you need to get your daily dose of flexibility, mobility & relaxation.
Stretching keeps the muscles flexible, strong, and healthy, and we need that flexibility to maintain a range of motion in the joints. Without it, the muscles shorten and become tight. Then, when you call on the muscles for activity, they are weak and unable to extend all the way.
For example, sitting in a chair all day results in tight hamstrings in the back of the thigh. That can make it harder to extend your leg or straighten your knee all the way, which inhibits walking.
Regular stretching keeps muscles long, lean, and flexible, and this means that exertion "won't put too much force on the muscle itself," says Nolan. Healthy muscles also help a person with balance problems to avoid falls.The areas critical for mobility are in your lower extremities: your calves, your hamstrings, your hip flexors in the pelvis and quadriceps in the front of the thigh.
Stretching your shoulders, neck, and lower back is also beneficial.

Aim for a program of daily stretches or at least three or four times per week - this book provides exactly that - a simple, straightforward, but very effective program of daily stretches.