Range of motion (ROM) refers to how far you can move or stretch a part of your body, such as a joint or a muscle. It’s different for each of us. For example, some people can do complete splits, but ...

1 Centre for Sports Medicine Research and Education, School of Physiotherapy, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia 2 Department of Family Medicine and School of Human Kinetics, ...

Joint flexibility is an important measure of physical fitness in humans, especially when it comes to determining athletic performance. It is responsible for protecting the muscle-tendon unit under ...

As we age, our muscles, tendons, and joints often become stiffer, reducing our range of motion and making everyday movements harder. This stiffness isn’t just an annoy­ance—it’s linked to reduced ...

Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) is a form of assisted stretching. It combines passive stretching with muscle contraction. First, your partner applies force to stretch your muscle ...

You do it all—warm up, sweat, stretch, and recover. But your workout routine actually still isn’t complete without one underrated training component needed to perform your best. Kind of like how your ...