Helping children stretch and strengthen their lower extremities keeps the muscles flexible, strong, and healthy - flexibility needed to maintain a range of motion in the joints. Staying flexible during times when kids are less active helps prevent injury and promote strength for when they call on the muscles for sports, dance and their other favorite physical activities again.
Barbara Minkowitz, MD, from Children’s Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Center at Atlantic Medical Group, is an advocate for the importance of stretching a few times per week to keep muscles long, lean, and flexible!
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