{"id":3152,"date":"2018-08-20T13:23:16","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T13:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radianthealth.us\/2018\/08\/20\/stretching-should-be-an-important-part-of-your-daily-routine\/"},"modified":"2018-08-20T13:23:16","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T13:23:16","slug":"stretching-should-be-an-important-part-of-your-daily-routine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/2018\/08\/20\/stretching-should-be-an-important-part-of-your-daily-routine\/","title":{"rendered":"Stretching Should Be An Important Part Of Your Daily Routine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-547 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/radianthealth.us\/files\/2018\/08\/stretching-resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>If you work out on a regular basis, odds are good that you\u2019re already stretching before and after your workout routine.\u00a0 If you\u2019re not, you should be, because stretching offers a raft of benefits.<\/p>\n<p>Even if you don\u2019t work out at regular intervals, daily stretching is still important, and in fact, offers the same benefits as it does to those who exercise often.\u00a0 Here are a few of them:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Less Pain and Stiffness \u2013 If you suffer from chronic pain (whether or not you work out), a daily stretching routine will help keep your body limber and reduce stiffness throughout the day. Even better, you don\u2019t have to limit yourself to just once a day stretching.\u00a0 Any time you feel stiffness encroaching, spend a few minutes stretching!<\/li>\n<li>Less Stress \u2013 The mind and body are connected. If you\u2019re feeling stressed out and anxious, spending a few minutes stretching will not only provide physical benefits, but mental ones as well.\u00a0 Studies have shown that as little as five minutes spent stretching can reduce cortisol levels in your body.\u00a0 Since cortisol is the \u201cstress hormone,\u201d reducing it reduces your stress level.<\/li>\n<li>Less Chance of Injury \u2013 Stretching before you engage in any strenuous physical activity will improve your body\u2019s mechanics and functioning, reducing the chance of injury as you set about the day\u2019s activities. Stretching again when you\u2019re finished for the day will help keep muscle pain to a minimum.<\/li>\n<li>Better Overall Health \u2013 Stretching increases and improves blood flow. Blood, of course, transports oxygen to every cell in your body.\u00a0 More oxygen equals better health.\u00a0 As a side bonus, stretching also helps your body pump more oxygen to your brain, so you\u2019re likely to notice an improvement in your level of concentration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All that to say, if you\u2019re not already stretching on a daily basis, there\u2019s no time like the present!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-547 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/radianthealth.us\/files\/2018\/08\/stretching-resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>If you work out on a regular basis, odds are good that you\u2019re already stretching before and after your workout routine.\u00a0 If you\u2019re not, you should be, because stretching offers &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3152\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}