"5 Stretches to help with lower back pain!"
"3 Top stretches to combat neck pain FOREVER!"
God, make it stop!!! These headlines are circulating everywhere on social media from fitness and movement professionals (unfortunately, physical therapists included). However, stretching the crap out of your hamstrings or your neck isn't actually doing what you think it is.
Today, we are talking all about why knowing the difference between flexibility and mobility is so important when it comes down to your workouts, how the strength of tight muscles comes into play, and what that pesky sciatic nerve might be doing to contribute to your tight hamstrings!
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