Even if you spend the entire night sleeping on your back, (the most doctor-approved sleeping position), you probably wake up feeling a little creaky and stiff.
Any prolonged time you spend being sedentary can make you feel that way, sleeping included. That’s why it’s good for your body to have a short morning stretch routine.
Stretching in the morning helps loosen stiff muscles and joints, which will help set you up for success whether you’re headed to the gym or to sit at your desk for the next eight hours. (And if it’s normally the latter, you should probably stretch at the end of the day too.)
We talked to leading stretching experts who help athletes and average Joes alike avoid injuries about what a good morning stretch routine looks like.
The 13 stretches rounded up here get their expert seal of approval as the best ones to start the day with.
