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IMPROVE YOUR POSTURE. Stretching your lower back, shoulders and chest properly helps to align your back and improve your posture - with the prevalence of sedentary jobs confining people to a desk, standing and holding phone receivers most of the day, this is also crucial.
PROVIDE BETTER BLOOD CIRCULATION.
The act of stretching increases blood supply to muscles and joints, improving blood circulation.
SLOW THE DEGENERATION OF YOUR JOINTS.
Stretching helps to increase your range of motion and may slow the degeneration of joints.
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Benefits of Stretching Before and After Working Out
By Kerri Goodrich, CPT
Proper stretching is one of the most widely recommended methods to help you look and feel younger, live longer, avoid and even overcome serious health issues, along with increasing your mental concentration and emotional well-being. If you suffer from pain in your neck, back, knees, shoulders, arms, hands or other parts of your body, you can help your body heal with stretching.
REDUCE TENSION IN MUSCLES & HELP MUSCLES RELAX.
Many studies have shown that increased flexibility can significantly reduce aches throughout the body - an issue that is significantly on the rise with today's sedentary lifestyles!
IMPROVE FLOW OF OXYGEN AND INTAKE OF ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS.
Stretching allows the muscles to relax. Muscles that are always tense tend to cut off their own circulation, which can result in lack of oxygen and nutrients.
HELP REDUCE AND MANAGE STRESS.
With flexibility comes a significant reduction in the "tension" in your body - you will feel significantly less stressed, which is essential as stress is a leading contributor to chronic diseases.
HELP TO ELIMINATE OR AVOID LOW BACK PAIN.
Flexibility in the hips, hamstrings, and pelvic muscles helps lengthen muscles to remove stress from your spine that causes muscle tension and lower back pain.
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