11/08/2025
It is Fit Tip Friday! Novembers' Fit Tip is to identify areas of tightness or restriction. Most of us have a sense of where we feel tight but you can start by taking a few minutes to move in 3 dimensions at each joint; neck, shoulder, along your spine, hip, knee and ankle. Bending at your hips and knees like when we try to do a deep squat or try to touch our toes will be difficult if the muscles in your legs, hips, lower back are tight. If you are limited in how you can move your arms, the muscles in your shoulder, chest, upper back or neck could be tight. If you struggle to rotate your torso, the muscles along your spine, hips and shoulders may be tight.
Write down the areas where you feel restriction. Decide which restriction has the most negative impact on your daily life, for example, reaching your arm behind you. Start by doing one stretch for that movement. In this example, reaching your arm behind you. One stretch you could do is stand sideways to a wall, with one arm extended behind you and that hand on the wall. A stretch should be gentle and your breathing slow to help release the muscle. Hold that stretch for 3-5 long slow breaths.
Next month I will share how to make your stretching more effective.
