Fresh out of a leg-day workout? Heavy squats and deadlifts can leave you feeling so badass, but they'll probably also make you pay big time when the muscle soreness hits later. That's where leg ...

If you do workouts that engage your lower body, odds are your hamstrings are going to feel tight and sore at some point. To relieve that annoying (and borderline painful!) tension, you should stretch ...

While you might be tempted to just hop on the treadmill or dive right into your lower body strength training routine, it’s always a good idea to take a few minutes to stretch your legs first. If you ...

There are tons of different stretching exercises—you can stretch the whole body, or just focus on specific areas like the legs or hips. There are also static and dynamic stretches. The choice between ...

The stretches for glutes that help take the edge off of a really intense leg day. Here, pros walk us through the ones to know now. Whether you kickbox, spin, or do scrambled eggs on a Megaformer, ...

Karen Voight can be reached at [email protected]. Here are a couple of stretches you can do right after hiking, brisk walking, cycling or whenever your leg and hip muscles feel tight. Doing these ...

Certain types of workouts can also lead to hamstring tightness. Ofori-Atta says runners are especially prone because of the ...

The sciatic nerve is the longest and thickest nerve in your body. It's actually a bundle of five nerves that start in your lower back and run through your buttocks and down each leg. Inflammation of ...

Some people are born with one leg longer than the other. In other cases, injury or illness causes a discrepancy in leg length that may progress over time. This isn't necessarily something to worry ...