Ease Pain The Gentle Way

 

What can 5 minutes of gentle stretching do for your body?

 

If you’ve ever taken an exercise class, then you’ve experienced both the “warm up” stretches used to get your muscles, tendons, and joints ready for action, and the “cool down” stretches used as a way to recover from the workout.

 

But did you know that stretching can also do ALL OF THIS?

• Soothe chronic pain
• Boost relaxation
• Spark motivation
• Improve balance
• Promote sleep
• Turbocharge energy
• Minimize injury risk
• Combat aging

With Prevention’s Stretch Yourself Healthy Guide, you’ll get a personalized stretching approach that’s a total-body, feel-good fix. Written by strength and conditioning specialist Dr. Rachel Tavel, PT, DPT, CSCS, you’ll learn both the science behind why stretching is so amazing for your body and how you can reap its benefits in a minimum amount of time.

 

No matter what your day-to-day activity looks like, stretching is
the simplest—and best—way
to ease pain, move better, and
feel younger. Give yourself the
gift of the whole-body
rejuvenation you deserve.