Stretch Safely to Fight Stiffness and Improve Mobility

Stretch Safely to Fight Stiffness and Improve Mobility
Keeping your body limber will help it keep you moving. Rido/Shutterstock
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Do you find it’s harder to move around and do the things you used to, or even simple daily tasks like getting out bed or walk to the kitchen? If you do, you may need to start stretching.

Tight muscles can lead to a stiff neck, back pain, or sore knees, and massively decrease mobility and quality of life. The truth is that when it’s easier to move, it’s easier to get out and do things that make you feel good.

Mohan Garikiparithi
Mohan Garikiparithi
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Mohan Garikiparithi, MD, practiced clinical medicine for over a decade before shifting his focus to health communications. During his practice he served as the head of the Dept. of Microbiology in India. During a three-year communications program in Germany, Mohan developed an interest in German Medicine (Homoeopathy), and other alternative systems of medicine.
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