Sciatica pain begins in your lower back and moves down the legs. Some moves can help relieve the pain. These can include a seated glute stretch and a standing hamstring stretch. Sciatic nerve pain can ...

A variety of factors, including injury, inflammation, and activity, can cause back pain in older adults. Seated stretching is one strategy that may help older adults prevent or manage their back pain.

Stretching the piriformis muscle can relieve tension, reduce muscle discomfort, and improve mobility. A person can do a piriformis stretch in a chair or on the floor. The piriformis is a flat, ...

Sitting may be unavoidable, but these stretches make it less harmful. Reviewed by Dietitian Katey Davidson, M.Sc.FN, RD, CPT Prolonged sitting has negative health effects, such as muscle stiffness and ...

You're at your desk at work, and your lower back begins to send shooting pain all the way up to your neck. You're practically cringing in pain, but you don't necessarily want to be that person at the ...

The notion that sitting isn’t good for you isn’t new, but if you think regularly running cancels out the negative side effects of sitting all day, well, you’d be wrong. Why you need to stretch them ...

We all know that sitting all day can negativrly affect our health. One big impact that it has pertains to the hips. The static position causes our muscles to shorten and tighten, causing discomfort ...

Sitting all day at a desk is a main culprit of hip pain, since sitting with poor posture can increase pressure on the back and hips. Lack of activity can also cause muscle imbalance, which can lead to ...

Stress can leave your muscles feeling tight and needing a stretch. Challenging workouts can, too. Long, hard runs? Yep. Heck, just sitting at your desk or driving for a long time can leave you tight!

We’ve heard all about sitting being the new smoking. On average, people spend 70 percent of their waking hours sitting, according to research. And among the laundry list of health issues caused by ...