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Mobility for Healthy Aging

Learn more about the importance of mobility at any age by exploring the following articles and exercises to improve mobility in your hips, ankles, shoulders, and elsewhere.

Full Body

a woman sits on a yoga mat with her legs extended in front and arms out to the side

The Stretching and Mobility Workout

This head-to-toe routine will stretch your muscles, mobilize your joints, and leave you feeling fantastic in five minutes flat.

90-90 stretch

6 Exercises to Help You Get Down on the Floor — and Up off the Floor — With Ease

The ability to get up off the floor with minimal support is a marker of longevity. Practice these moves to improve flexibility, balance, motor coordination, and muscle power.

Shoulders

exercise to support shoulder mobility and strength

6 Exercises for Healthy Shoulders

bent row

A 5-Minute Workout to Protect Your Shoulders

shoulder-mobility

2 Exercises to Improve Your Shoulder Mobility

scapular wall slide

3 Moves to Help Strengthen Your Scapulae

Back

a woman holds bird dog

8 Moves to Boost Back Resiliency

Relieve your sore spine with these accessible exercises.

table with rotation for upper back mobility

3 Exercises for an Immobile Thoracic Spine

Moves to improve mobility in your thoracic spine alleviating pain in your shoulders, neck or lower back.

a man performs a glute bridge with his heels on a foam roller

Exercises for Lower-Back Pain

Don’t let lower-back pain sideline you—this program helps you stay active and build strength.

a man performs the triangle

4 Rotational Stretches to Ease Back Tension

Rotate your spine safely — and reduce back tension — with these four stretches.

Hips

hip release technique

Fitness Fix: Improve Your Hip Mobility

Exercises to improve hip mobility.

90/90 stretch

3 Hip-Flexor Stretches for Mobility

Whether you spend your days doing heavy squats, cycling long distances, or sitting at a desk, chances are your hips could use some extra attention.

hip thruster for hip strength and mobility

6 Hip Stretches to Improve Mobility and Strength

Keep your hips strong, mobile, and fit for a lifetime with these stretching and strength drills.

Ankles & Feet

Banded side-step

5 Exercises to Build Strong Feet

a foot rolling out on a tennis ball

6 Stretches for Sore Feet

Calf smash for ankle mobility

3 Ankle-Mobility Exercises

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