Dealing with tension after hour upon hour of working? Try the "cat face," a physical therapist's favorite computer stretch for releasing tension. After hours of sitting at my desk staring into a ...

Back pain can have many causes, from poor posture, muscle weakness, joint stiffness and even more serious problems in the spine. But chances are—if there was no traumatic injury or incident that led ...

Located in the buttocks at the back of the hip, the glutes are famously the largest muscle in the body. If you’re squatting and lunging, you’re building your glutes. But if you don’t take time to ...

Alyssa Ages is a Toronto-based author, public speaker, and journalist whose work has appeared in Elle, GQ, Self, Slate, The Globe and Mail, and others. She is the author of Secrets of Giants: A ...

Does stretching make you weaker? Or is it a good way to warm up? Turns out it depends what you're doing. Should you stretch before a workout? There was a time when stretching felt mandatory, and I ...

Are your hamstrings tight? Mine too. I can just barely touch my toes, and that’s after some improvement thanks to semi-regular flexibility work. Tight hamstrings can get in the way of movements like ...