If you're looking for the best hip stretches, you already know that sitting all day is brutal. Having a desk job can be a real pain in the neck. And back. And, especially, the hip ...

Passive static stretches involve extending a muscle using gravity or other stretching tools. This technique can look like folding forward to stretch the hamstrings, allowing gravity to pull the ...

Passive static stretches involve extending a muscle using gravity or other stretching tools. This technique can look like folding forward to stretch the hamstrings, allowing gravity to pull the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Jacob Bullard warms up on an elliptical machine while undergoing physical therapy at WashU, Monday, Dec. 16 ...

Physical Therapy Is 'The Best-Kept Secret in Health Care' If you think physical therapy is only about rehabilitation after surgery or recovering from an accident, think again. For the vast ...

“After a night of sleeping, the body can be stiff (especially with diagnoses such as arthritis) and tight due to muscle inactivity,” says Melissa Prestipino, P.T., D.P.T., licensed physical ...

“A big benefit of stretching is that it helps get our body out of postures it’s been stuck in,” says Kelcie VanGampleare, P.T., D.P.T., a spokesperson for the American Physical Therapy ...

a physical therapist and clinician ... if that feels accessible. “This stretch is mostly for gluteal maximus as well as the hamstrings,” Germano explains. It’s also a dynamic move that ...

hamstrings, rectus femoris, hip external rotators and trunk rotators) on both sides of the body before and after every occasion of vigorous physical activity. The stretches were designed by ...