To improve flexibility and mobility, athletes and active individuals often rely on several forms of stretching. These involve lengthening or flexing a muscle or tendon to promote enhanced elasticity.

When talking specifics, stretching terminology can get confusing. “Passive” and “static” generally refer to the same old-school method of relaxing into a stretch and holding it for 30 to 60 seconds.

There continues to be debate, as to whether or not to stretch - static (passive) or dynamic (active) - prior to practice or athletic participation in explosive-type sports such as football. Prior ...

Our audience members clearly want to stretch their bodies as well as their minds. A flood of e-questions floated in for stretching guru Jim Wharton after last week's Your Health segment on ...

SEQUIM — The owner of the Sequim Gym will discuss Active Isolated Stretching at a free WOW! Working on Wellness Forum at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10. The forum will be at Trinity United Methodist ...

A month or so before the 1989 U.S. summer National Championships, swimmer Ron Karnaugh suffered a muscle strain just beneath his right shoulder. Ordered to stay out of the water in favor of three ...

We focused on static stretching as long, drawn-out stretches, used prior to your long runs, medium runs and throughout your daily activity. Static stretching should be done following all of your runs, ...