Stretch marks are set-in streaks that show up on your stomach, breasts, hips, butt, and thighs. These long, thin, rippled marks are also called striae. If you have stretch marks, you probably wish ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Stretching relieves stiffness and supports mobility, ...

Traditional stretching has its limits. Here’s how using a light dumbbell can help you move better. Traditional stretching has its limits. Here’s how using a light dumbbell can help you move better.

Once you put in a few hours in the gym or finally take the final step in a miles-long run, it’s very easy to want to head straight to the showers rather than stretching. But not taking the time to ...

We tend to think of stretching as something you do before a workout—or maybe something you should do, but don’t. Yet stretching can be one of the most effective tools for preserving and improving ...

I have chronic ankle mobility issues thanks to a surgery I had in college, which means that consistently stretching my calves and ankles is the only thing keeping me from walking like a Jewish ...

There are tons of different stretching exercises—you can stretch the whole body, or just focus on specific areas like the legs or hips. There are also static and dynamic stretches. The choice between ...

If your typical gym session warm-up begins and ends with a casual five-minute jog on the treadmill, you may be short-changing the impact of your workout. To enhance your performance and prepare your ...

While imprisoned in Bali, Indonesia, for a year, Lyn Savage managed to step out of the shadows of despair and realise her life calling – as a yoga teacher. She had visited the tourist hotspot to learn ...

Stretch marks, or scar-like lines that appear when the skin stretches and shrinks rapidly, are very common. Indeed, data suggest that as many as 90 percent of people have stretch marks. Also called ...

An online scammer says he knows how the victim feels - because his own dad was targeted too. Gary Brown, 21, narrowly avoided a prison sentence when he appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court this week. He ...