Category: Active Recovery
7 Plantar Fasciitis Exercises To Help Pain, Fast
[ad_1] Plantar fasciitis can be a particularly scummy injury. Anti-inflammatories don’t do much; ice doesn’t help. And if you let it linger, you could be waiting for over a year to find relief from chronic pain—and not just in your foot. “If you let [plantar fasciitis] go for too long, it can lead to other…
Calf Stretch Guide: 5 Moves to Relieve Tightness
[ad_1] If you have tight calves, you know lower-leg pain and movement restriction can make everything from doing a squat to descending a flight of stairs seemingly impossible. You may have tried stretching and foam rolling with limited success, or taken a massage gun to your calves only to find that, within a day or…
Post-Workout Meditations Are Powerful—And Simple
[ad_1] Let’s get one thing straight: I know how powerful meditation can be. Every time I make room in my schedule to sit on my mat, press “play” on my favorite meditation app, and close my eyes, I’m a totally new person by the time I open them again: less anxious, way calmer, and in…
4 Recovery Tips From Olympian Sydney Leroux
[ad_1] It’s hard to avoid talk of big goals and life-changing resolutions at the start of the year, and if the new year energy has you itching to work toward an ambitious fitness goal right now, that’s great. But there’s an important truth that can get lost in the new year’s resolutions narrative: You don’t…
Back Mobility Exercises That Feel Amazing
[ad_1] Each month, a new trainer takes us through four of the best workouts they have in their back pocket. Follow along weekly for new ways to sweat it out with us. See All There are some exercises that are the bread and butter of the stretching and mobility world. Cat-cows, open books, and glute…
3 Ankle-Strengthening Exercises for Happy Hips
[ad_1] According to the butterfly effect, one small change in the present can lead to a big change in the future… and that’s about where my understanding of chaos theory ends, folks. What I do know is that the human body operates in a similar way. When one thing gets thrown out of whack, it tends to…
What To Eat Before Running 5K
[ad_1] You’ve trained. You’ve charged your AirPods. You’ve picked out your race day outfit. Now, you’re counting down the minutes until you jog up to the starting line. Unless you already have a whole dresser drawer full of race participant T-shirts, chances are you feel a little jittery in the days leading up to a…
Foam Rolling Knee Pain: 3 Super Effective Moves
[ad_1] If you’ve ever suffered from knee pain, odds are that someone has told you to foam roll. Since overly-tight fascia is a common cause of knee woes, people often think that rolling back and forth on your IT band or along your calves can help loosen things up and bring relief. But it turns…
The 9 Best At-Home Ice Baths for Every Space and Budget in 2023
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3 Achilles Tendon Stretches To Decrease Stiffness
[ad_1] As the weather warms up and we’re lured outside, it’s tempting to start doing… a lot more activity than we’d been up to all winter. And whether you’re a runner, avid hiker, or walker, quickly ramping up can often lead to a super tight Achilles tendon. This large, thick band of connective tissue in…
