There are many physical and health benefits to regularly stretching your body and muscles. This is one of the most over looked and under appreciated aspects of physical fitness. Flexibility is essential to living a fully rounded physically active life. Some of the reasons why stretching is so over looked is because simply, most people find it as a hassle and it is not really fun to do.
This being the case though, there are far more reasons why a person should practice regular stretching routines. Some examples of why are relief from pain, increased energy levels, increased flexibility, better range of motion of the joints, greater circulation of blood to various parts of the body, relaxation and stress relief, enhanced muscular coordination improved posture, and grants greater sense of well-being. These are a few reasons for why, if you are not, you should include stretching to your regular routine.
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I have come to appreciate stretching so much more now that since I came to college and began to dance and cheer. If I go a practice without stretching I can feel the differences in my body and the increase of injury because of my stiffness.
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