Stretching Exercises: Flexibility and Muscle Tension Relief

Understanding the difference between dynamic and static stretching is essential for improving muscle elasticity and preventing injury. Discover targeted stretches for tight hamstrings and learn how to safely relieve a stiff neck or heel cord tension.

Child's Flexibility Issues

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Judy Fisk

Just as you monitor your child's academic progress and social development, you also need to keep an eye on her fitness level. Along with strength and endurance, flexibility is a key component of fitness.

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Intercostal Muscle Stretches

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Judy Fisk

When you breathe in, your lungs expand and the intercostal muscles, which connect one rib to another, lengthen. If your intercostals are tight, movement of your rib cage might be limited, which can affect your ability to breathe comfortably and efficiently.

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How to Stretch Your Rectus Femoris

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Judy Fisk

Four muscles in the front of your thigh, known as your quadriceps, work together to extend your knee. Tight quadriceps are a risk factor for injury, especially if you're involved in sports and activities that require sudden, forceful contraction of the quads.

Judy Fisk has been writing professionally since 2011, specializing in fitness, recreation, culture and the arts. A certified fitness instructor with decades of dance training, she has taught older adults, teens and kids. She has written educational and fundraising material for several non-profit organizations and her work has appeared in numerous major online publications. Fisk holds a Bachelor of Arts in public and international affairs from Princeton University.