Be Well: How Routine Stretching Can Boost Your Health and Wellness

<div class="block">Angel Wooden, Stretchlab flexologist, joined Cheddar News&#39; &#39;beWell&#39; show to share the benefits of routine stretching. She also shared some of the most popular moves and how often people she work on being limber.</div>

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We all know that working out is important. But guess what? Stretching is just as important, if not more. And that's exactly what they do here at stretch lab. So I'm with Angel, a flexo. That sounds fancy who's gonna stretch me out today and tell us about some of the benefits of stretching. Right? Angel. So what are some of the common things that people come in for? And what do you do? Uh, well, sometimes they, people sit a lot. So one of our number one stretches that we like to do is really for the calf. So how that goes is we would bring that leg up and have you relax it fully into my arm. It's gonna do a little bit of what we call the contract stretch, right? I'm gonna bring my forearm down. I feel it already. Ok. That's a good feeling I was gonna ask. Is that a, is that a good hour? Both? It's painful but it hurts so good. Awesome. So I'm gonna ask you now to let me bend that knee. Ok. Right. Just gonna relax. Beautiful. Take a nice deep breath in now while you're doing this. Can you tell us about the benefits of stretching. Absolutely. Uh The number one benefit of stretching is mobility. A lot of people think stretch, I think flexibility, right. But it's mobility, even though we're flexo motion is lotion. That's what we say here at the lab. So it doesn't matter if you're eight or 80 if you wanna walk around without a cane. I like that, babe. Oh, yeah, I feel it clearly. I'm a little too tight. Right. Just a little. So, how often should I be? I guess stretching at home in order to not be so tight when I come here. Well, if you're a person that sits a lot, you should be stretching at least three times a week. Minimum. Good 30 minutes. If you're a runner and you're running off there, you're working out a lot. You should be stretching a little more than that because you're using those muscles so often that they're getting really tight and they need to come out of that tightness. They need to relax. Ok, that third and final one that we're gonna get into is gonna be for the hamstring, right? So, what I'm gonna have you do is I'm gonna have you flex his foot down towards you next. And gentlemen, do you feel that already? No, I'll tell you in my calf. I feel it there. A absolutely. Do you know which one is the? Yeah, this one is the calf fill that there? Yeah. Nice. So, we're having a little pull in the calf and we, I'm gonna go right here for this hamstring, which is on the bottom half of the body. Ok. I would think I would be more flexible than this. And I'm not, so that's why I'm concerned. So, what should I do if I'm not as flexible as I thought I was, if you're not as flexible as you think you are, you should be stretching at least any person, whether you're moving or not, three times a week minimum. So, if I'm already stretching at home, why come to stretch lab? Because what you're getting at home is kind of like a preliminary stretch. Right. It's just the beginning. You at the very top of your muscles in order for it to get really deep, we need to get closer into you. We need to push further into who you are. You need more force and that force allows for the body to open up. All right. Well, we're gonna keep stretching out here. Go ahead and get the work angel. Thank you.