{"id":5928,"date":"2020-07-20T12:50:58","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T12:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reelsofjoy.com\/blog\/?p=5928"},"modified":"2020-09-14T15:54:27","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T15:54:27","slug":"stretch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reelsofjoycasino.org\/blog\/stretch\/","title":{"rendered":"Stretches to Ease Pain and Improve Flexibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These days most people have daily schedules that include about 8 hours of sitting in front of a screen or performing the same tasks every day. Moreover, with busy days and the power of routine, it is easy to stretch the muscles.<\/p>\n<p>But there are consequences, to treat and prevent these issues, health experts recommend a series of light stretches that fit all abilities.<\/p>\n<h2>Stretches to Ease Pain and Improve Flexibility: Foam Roll<\/h2>\n<p>This simple stretch is especially important if you have a history of heel pain. The main area affected by this stretch is the plantar fascia, which is a ligament connecting your heel to the front of your foot.\u00a0 Almost 50% of working-class suffer from heel pain.<\/p>\n<h2>How it is done:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Grab a ball about the size of a golf ball and place it on the floor in front of you<\/li>\n<li>Stand with your back straight and your arms at the sides of your body as shown in the picture and place the centre of your foot over the ball.<\/li>\n<li>Curve your toes forward as though you\u2019re trying to wrap your foot around the ball, and try to stay in that position for 2 minutes, or repeat a few times with breaks if you need.<\/li>\n<li>Repeat with the second foot.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Foot Flex with a Resistance Band Foot Flex with a Resistance Band<\/h2>\n<p>This is another very simple stretch, which improves flexibility in two important parts of your leg: the calf muscles and the Achilles tendon, which is the largest and strongest tendon in the body. You will need an elastic stretch band and a padded flat surface to lie on, like a yoga mat. Which you can both find in sports stores or online.<\/p>\n<p>Punters should try out these stretches after a long day at work or long hours of playing online casino.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These days most people have daily schedules that include about 8 hours of sitting in front of a screen or performing the same tasks every day. Moreover, with busy days and the power of&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reelsofjoycasino.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reelsofjoycasino.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reelsofjoycasino.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reelsofjoycasino.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reelsofjoycasino.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5928"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.reelsofjoycasino.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5930,"href":"https:\/\/www.reelsofjoycasino.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5928\/revisions\/5930"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reelsofjoycasino.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reelsofjoycasino.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reelsofjoycasino.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reelsofjoycasino.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}