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2. Muscle cramps are a pain. These expert-approved tips can help ...

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   A healthcare provider can help determine the underlying cause of your muscle cramps and tailor an individualized treatment to help relieve symptoms. This article contains affiliate links.

3. The Morning Stretch Routine Physical Therapists Wish ... - AOL

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   Lie flat on your back with one leg bent. Use a yoga or stretch strap on the plantar surface of the opposite foot (around the metatarsals). Straighten the knee of the strapped foot, pulling the ...

4. 8 Easy Stretches to Help You Safely Ease Pain - AOL

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   Regular stretching can ease and prevent pain in your back, neck, hip, ankles and more. These simple stretches are easy to incorporate into your day. ... 24/7 Help. For premium support please call ...

5. Cramp - Wikipedia

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   Gentle stretching and massage, putting some pressure on the affected leg by walking or standing, or taking a warm bath or shower may help to end the cramp. [19] If the cramp is in the calf muscle, dorsiflexing the foot (lifting the toes back toward the shins) will stretch the muscle and provide almost immediate relief.

6. Stretching - Wikipedia

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   The result is a feeling of increased muscle control, flexibility, and range of motion. Stretching is also used therapeutically to alleviate cramps and to improve function in daily activities by increasing range of motion. [2] [3] In its most basic form, stretching is a natural and instinctive activity; it is performed by humans and many other ...

7. Calf raises - Wikipedia

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   Bridging exercises are done with a flexed knee to lessen the stretch on the hamstring (a knee flexor) and focus the hip extension work on the gluteus maximus. In that same respect, the reduced knee flexion makes plantar flexion work comparable to a seated calf raise, due to the lessened stretch on the gastrocnemius (like the hamstring, also a knee flexor).