Pamper your feet. To get through 162 games a season, pro baseball players have to know how to avoid or relieve various aches and pains. Sue Falsone, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ head athletic trainer, tells players to wear YogaToes toe separators for 30 minutes a day and to regularly roll the arches of their feet over a ball. This stretches the fascia, a connective tissue, and relieves stress all the way up the leg.
Protect the knees and hamstrings. When knees are sore, “the real culprit” can be weak hips, which you can strengthen with simple exercises. Tight hamstrings call for exercises that strengthen core muscles.
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