Test Your Flexibility

Abstracted from "Prevention's 300 Secrets" by editors of Prevention Prevention, 2000.

Being inflexible, especially below the waist, can set you up for injury, back pain, and difficulty with everday tasks like making beds. Here's an easy way to gauge your lower body range of motion. Try this: Walk for five minutes to warm up. Tape a yardstick to the floor, and sit with one leg on either side of it, with the 1-inch mark at your knees. Keep your legs straight, and feet 12 inches apart. Place one hand on top of the other and reach as far forward between your legs as is comfortable. Don't overextend. Repeat twice more. Record your best score. Stretch your muscles regularly, especially after exercise, and recheck the results monthly.

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