Deb Hipp is a freelance health and medical writer and editor who lives in Kansas City, Missouri. She is a former investigative reporter with more than 25 years of experience as a journalist and writer ...

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.

Aging may affect a person’s mobility, and routine stretching can play an important role in healthy aging and quality of life. As a person grows older, motions such as getting out of a chair or walking ...

If you suffer from chronic lower back stiffness or pain – and you’ve been diligent with your stretching routine – it might be time to reevaluate your approach. Dr. Carrie Jose Whether it’s your ...

My vision: laying on mats and someone guiding me through stretches. The reality: getting strapped onto a table and having someone else stretch me. Walk into the Colorado Springs location of Stretch ...

There’s no need to go through life with a stiff, achy back, especially when the remedy is often as easy as a few forward folds. Whether you do back stretches in the morning, mid-day, or right before ...

Americans sit more than they should—according to a JAMA study, the average daily time spent sitting for adults increased to 6.4 hours between 2007 and 2016. Excess sitting has been linked to numerous ...

If you sit at a desk all day, carry stress in your shoulders, or are one of the 65 million Americans who suffer from back pain, you want those aches to be gone... asap. Luckily, licensed chiropractor ...

Unfortunately, pain and injury can be a few downsides of an active lifestyle. A combination of genetics and incomplete cool-downs have led me to some pretty severe back issues over the years, and I ...

At first glance, it seems like all inversion tables are pretty much the same. And this is true to a certain extent, but it’s the smaller details that differentiate the models and will help you choose ...