We developed the 7-Hour Workout Week, detailed in our book Train Smart, Run Forever, to help runners increase the likelihood that they will log miles well past their 50s. As athletes, coaches, and ...

Tight hips often come from tension in the hip flexors, a muscle group that connects your upper leg to your hip and helps you bend and lift your leg. Foam rolling, hip flexor stretches, and yoga moves ...

I know stretch marks are completely normal—but that doesn’t mean I don’t want smoother-looking skin. So yes, my bathroom is still stocked with stretch mark-removal creams to help fade uneven skin tone ...

Katrina Carter, DPT, FNS, is a licensed travel physical therapist. She specializes in orthopedics and has a passion for providing education on nutrition for healing and overall health and wellness.

First thing in the morning, nothing hits like a big stretch. But what is it about rolling your shoulders and flexing your upper back that brings stress relief? We finally have an explanation, thanks ...

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, ...

Gentle stretching and traction-based exercises may help reduce Peyronie’s disease curvature by breaking down some scar tissue. More research is needed on newer devices. Penile traction therapy (PTT) ...

Caroline Igo (she/her/hers) was a wellness editor at CNET and holds Sleep Science Coach and Stress Management certificates from the Spencer Institute. She received her bachelor's degree in creative ...

People use the words “sprain” and “strain” almost interchangeably, to describe everything from a twisted ankle to a pulled hamstring. But they’re not the same. A sprain is a stretch or tear in a ...

As runners, we have loads of reasons to thank our legs. They carry us through every stride, whether they like it or not, and they experience thousands of impacts with the ground every time we lace up ...

Muscle contraction is the tightening, shortening, or lengthening of muscles when you do some activity. It can happen when you hold or pick up something, or when you stretch or exercise with weights.