If your back and shoulders feel achy after a long day, you don’t have to just “suffer through”. Stretches for upper back pain can speed relief naturally. And they may even improve your posture, too!

Just about everyone could benefit from adding more upper back stretches to their routine. While upper back pain isn't as common as lower back pain, factors like stress, poor posture, and muscle strain ...

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"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." Picture this: You’re hunched over a desk, shoulders are tense and all up in your ears, and you have ...

We all know sitting for long periods of time can be detrimental to our physical health. Muscle tissue begins to shorten, starting with the hamstrings, which then pulls on the lower back. When the ...

Desk time often asks the neck to crane forward. This reset invites length and ease. Why it helps: It eases tightness in the upper trapezius and levator scapulae, muscles that work overtime when you ...

Shivering and tensing up is the body’s natural response to uncomfortably low temperatures, and that can cause trapezius tightness. Winter stiffness can be a real pain in the neck (literally).