After sitting most of the day at a desk, where I may or may not have the best posture, my chest and upper back are tight and achy. Maybe you can relate? Luckily, that's where upper-body stretches come ...

As a professional climber for 30 years and a longtime climbing coach, Lisa Rands has honed a 30-minute routine of stretches and conditioning exercises that help climbers stay healthy and balanced.

Heads are heavy—roughly 7 to 10 percent of your body weight. That’s a big chunk of bone to carry around all day. When your head is centered on your shoulders and you allow your spine to stack ...

Want to stay limber and pain-free as you age? If so, your workout routine should include stretches for flexibility. Building flexibility exercises into your workout routine is important, as it can ...

Just about everyone could benefit from adding more upper back stretches to their routine. While upper back pain isn't as common as lower back pain, factors like stress, poor posture, and muscle strain ...

The uppermost major muscles on your body are the trapezius and rhomboids. The trapezius or "traps" extend along the back of the neck to about mid-back. The rhomboids lie underneath the traps from the ...

When I first started running about seven years ago, my shoulders would randomly throb mid-workout. The shoulder pain while running was definitely annoying – and, on occasion, pretty excruciating – but ...

If you’re right-handed, you may have noticed tightness or even pain in your right trapezius muscle (opposite side if you are left-handed). In most cases, the cause is that muscle is compensating for a ...

Heads are heavy—roughly 7 to 10 percent of your body weight. That’s a big chunk of bone to carry around all day. When your head is centered on your shoulders and you allow your spine to stack ...