Improving Flexibility To Boost Your Overall Health And Wellbeing

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Improving your flexibility is a great way to boost your overall health and wellbeing. More flexibility means that you perform better when exercising and it reduces pain caused by stiff joints. If you don’t take steps to loosen up your joints and muscles, you may develop more serious long term issues. The good news is, improving your flexibility isn’t that hard. These are some of the best things you can try. 

Try Yoga and Stretching 

Flexibility issues are often caused by tight muscles, which is why stretching and yoga are so great. This is especially true for people that sit down all day at work because it’s likely you will have stiff shoulders and poor posture. Some simple stretches in the mornings and evenings can do a lot to loosen up your muscles and improve your flexibility. However, if you want to see a big difference, you should try out some yoga routines instead. Yoga positions will test your body and push its limits to gradually increase your range of motion over time. Regular yoga practice will improve your posture, boost flexibility, and improve your mental health at the same time, so it’s a good thing to add to your routine. 

See A Chiropractor 

Your lack of flexibility could be due to tight muscles but it could also be caused by serious spinal misalignment. Although stretching can help a little with this, you need treatment from a chiropractor if you are to see a noticeable difference. They will be able to realign your spine and help you manage any skeletal issues that are affecting your flexibility. Once your treatment is over, you will see a massive difference to your flexibility and your overall physical health will be improved. 

Eat Properly After Exercise

People often find that their muscles are tight after exercise and this affects their flexibility. This might be down to not stretching properly, but it could also be down to diet. When you exercise, your muscles get damaged and they need to repair themselves. Protein is a very important part of this repair process and if you don’t get enough, your muscles are likely to be tight and sore. So, even though protein doesn’t directly improve flexibility, it can prevent flexibility issues after exercise. 

Take A Warm Bath

If your muscles are particularly tight and it is affecting your flexibility, try taking a warm bath. The heat can loosen up your muscles and relieve tightness, which makes you more flexible. This isn’t a long term solution but it can make it easier when you are trying to stretch or practice yoga, so it’s worth a try. It’s also a good way to soothe your muscles after heavy exercise. The heat improves blood flow to the muscles, which provides more oxygen and helps to repair them faster. If you stretch straight after you will be able to get deeper into the stretches and improve your flexibility more. 

If you take these simple steps to improve your flexibility, you will see a big difference in your overall health and wellbeing.  

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Mavian Arocha-Rowe

Mavian Arocha-Rowe

Editor-in-Chief at Chispa Magazine
Mavian Arocha-Rowe is known as an asset to the business and communications industry and is motivating and advocating “your authenticity should be your strategy,” for all women, regardless of their season and roles. For the past 20 years she has directed magazines, plus multiple art and marketing departments as creative director and brand manager. What supersedes all of her great career moves is her role as wife and mother living in Atlanta. Challenging herself to discover and bravely pursue the calling for her life, Arocha-Rowe helps other women discover and pursue their life’s assignment. She is a passionate, and loud-laughing speaker on the topic of purposefully redeemed, and mentors young women so they can exercise a mind that is doctrinally pure, along with a heart that beats toward sanctification. She will almost never turn down Marlow’s Tavern double-tavern cheeseburger, a cooking-demonstration from Leaning Ladder, or any opportunity to head to Miami to spend time with family.
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Mavian Arocha-Rowe is known as an asset to the business and communications industry and is motivating and advocating “your authenticity should be your strategy,” for all women, regardless of their season and roles. For the past 20 years she has directed magazines, plus multiple art and marketing departments as creative director and brand manager. What supersedes all of her great career moves is her role as wife and mother living in Atlanta. Challenging herself to discover and bravely pursue the calling for her life, Arocha-Rowe helps other women discover and pursue their life’s assignment. She is a passionate, and loud-laughing speaker on the topic of purposefully redeemed, and mentors young women so they can exercise a mind that is doctrinally pure, along with a heart that beats toward sanctification. She will almost never turn down Marlow’s Tavern double-tavern cheeseburger, a cooking-demonstration from Leaning Ladder, or any opportunity to head to Miami to spend time with family.