Neck and shoulder pain are common health problems and they’re not usually a major cause for concern. However, this doesn’t stop them causing distress and affecting people’s quality of life. So, if you’re suffering from discomfort in your neck or shoulder, now could be the time to take action. To help you along the way, here are some simple but effective self-care tips. Relieve The Pain To alleviate the discomfort, try taking over-the-counter painkillers like paracetamol and ibuprofen. These medicines can usually control mild aching and soreness. Alternatively, you can use pain-suppressing … [Read more...]
6 Daily Stretches To Relieve Your Severe Back Pain
This post is sponsored by Vincents Solicitors. ----- If you have sustained a personal injury, rehabilitation and getting back to your daily activities is no doubt your first priority. There are some simple stretches that you can perform at home every day, if the pain isn’t too great, that can make a big difference to your well-being. There’s nothing worse than back pain, so taking 10-15 minutes out of your day to stretch can make a huge difference in terms of reducing your pain levels. Your support lawyer should be able to help you along the road to recovery, particularly if they … [Read more...]
To Bend or Not To Bend: Examining a New Trend
Hello Everyone. Today’s article is a guest post from AstroNutrition ----- If you read fitness blogs, then you already know how important exercise is for your health and wellbeing. Regular exercise keeps your body strong and your mind clear. But it’s becoming more and more apparent that how you exercise is just as important as exercise itself. That’s why a growing number of fitness enthusiasts are incorporating bending exercises into their regular fitness routine. Proper fitness requires more than just building impressive biceps. Maintaining muscle tone and flexibility between strenuous … [Read more...]
10 Health Benefits Of Stretching
Stretching is an area of fitness that many people neglect. However, by doing this you actually limit your health and fitness progress and miss out on numerous benefits. In this post I'll be taking a detailed look at the plus points of stretching and listing 10 Health Benefits Of Stretching. Once you’ve checked out this infographic, please Like, +1, Pin and Tweet it by using the buttons above and below the post. Also, if you want more information on stretching, check out the related articles below: 6 Dynamic Stretches For Flexibility 6 Static Stretches For Flexibility >>> … [Read more...]
6 Static Stretches For Flexibility
If you're not currently doing some flexibility training as part of your fitness regime, you're missing out. By making an active effort to improve your flexibility, you can become more supple, enjoy a better quality of life, avoid injuries and much more. There are two main types of stretches you can use to improve your flexibility - dynamic stretches and static stretches. Dynamic stretches involve performing simple fluid movements to stretch certain areas of the body whereas static stretches involve holding a fixed stretch to enhance your flexibility. In this post I'm going to be looking at … [Read more...]
6 Dynamic Stretches For Flexibility
Flexibility is an area of fitness that many people ignore. However, by working on your flexibility you can enhance the quality of your day to day life, improve your performance during exercise, protect against injuries and much more. When it comes to improving your flexibility, you have two main options - dynamic stretches and static stretches. Dynamic stretches involve performing simple fluid movements that gently stretch the muscles and joints in specific areas of your body whereas static stretches involve holding a fixed position in order to stretch the muscles and joints in that area of … [Read more...]
Fitness Tip Of The Day – Stretch Daily
Flexibility is an area of fitness that gets neglected by many people. However, improving your flexibility has numerous health benefits and can help you achieve almost any fitness goal. It protects against injury, improves your workout performance, reduces muscular and joint pain and much more. The further reading section below contains a selection of articles that focus on flexibility and provides you with a range of effective stretches along with a full overview of the heath benefits of stretching. So if you want to become more supple and start making stretching part of your fitness regime, … [Read more...]
The Importance Of Warming Up Before Exercise
Hello everyone. Today’s article is a guest post from Jennifer Bayliss, MSEd, ATC, CSCS, who is Manager of Fitness for Everyday Health. ----- It is important to warm up before exercise for several reasons. The most important reason is the prevention of injury. It may add a few minutes to your workout, but it will allow you the opportunity to get even more out of your workouts. A general warm-up increases your core body temperature and gives the blood vessels an opportunity to dilate, or increase in size. This allows the blood to travel much easier through the vessels and lowers the … [Read more...]
5 Top Tips For Maximum Flexibility For Dancers
Hello everyone. Today’s article is a guest post from Cedric Grosjean who owns Dance Direct. ----- The younger you are, the more flexible you are. Aging makes everyone less flexible as muscles tense and the possibility of injury related to lack of flexibility increases. Professional levels of dance, be it urban dancing or classical ballet, can be reached only with enough strength and flexibility. But even today research on how to train your body to its optimum flexibility is limited. Even though scientists agree that flexibility depends on such factors as joint and muscle health, age, … [Read more...]
Are You Doing Stretching Exercises? Beware Of These Mistakes
Hello everyone. Today's article is a guest post from Kate Wilson who writes for DIY Health. ----- Exercising is indeed the finest way to keep fit. Not only does it ensure a disease free life, but it also raises your levels of patience, endurance and persistence. Although there are a variety of exercises which one may resort to, stretching exercises are undoubtedly the best. There are numerous benefits which one may reap by indulging in routine stretching exercises. This is precisely why it is extremely important to do these exercises in an appropriate and correct manner. Enlisted here … [Read more...]