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7 hamstring stretches recommended by a physical therapist

Popular Science

The best ways to maximize mobility and even prevent back pain. Walk, work and wake better with these hamstring stretches. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. We have some news you're gonna want to sit down for--but you probably shouldn't: Your hamstrings are, in all likelihood, an anatomical disaster for a number of possible reasons, not least of which being excessive time spent seated on them. "The hamstrings are three muscles located on the back of your thigh, and they're responsible for bending your knee and extending your hip," says Marissa Cummo, PT, DPT, assistant director of physical therapy at NYC Health + Hospitals Bellevue .


Best Massage Guns of 2026: Hyperice, Therabody, and More

WIRED

Massage guns used to be simple percussive devices. Now, they use vibrations, hot and cold therapy, and even LED light to ease post-workout pain and promote muscle recovery. Massage guns relieve muscle tension and increase blood flow for faster recovery . In her words, "As we exercise, we cause breakdown within the muscle fibers, which in turn stimulates muscle growth and regrowth, hypertrophy, and strength." After consulting the experts and testing them on myself pre-and post-workout, I've rounded up a lineup of the best massage guns, like our top pick, the Hyperice Hypervolt 2 ($229) .


Best Home Gym Setup (2026): Adjustable Weights, Resistance Bands, and More

WIRED

Lifting weights can keep you carrying groceries and riding bikes even as you get older. To join or not to join a gym: That is the question. If you opt out of building a home gym, you can join a club and have access to more weights and machines. Friends and classes motivate you to keep coming, and that monthly bill keeps you disciplined. On the other hand, gym memberships are steep, workouts can get hijacked by bullies, and going to the gym is an additional commute.




Y ouTubePD: A Multimodal Benchmark for Parkinson's Disease Analysis Supplementary Material

Neural Information Processing Systems

We include all our annotations and extracted landmarks. This ensures that we uphold the highest standards of ethical data usage. In Table A1, we summarize the severity label distribution in Y ouTubePD. We also summarize the demographic distribution in Y ouTubePD, split between PD-positive and healthy control (HC), or PD-negative, subjects. This decision is based on the clinician's suggestion, since an accurate UPDRS facial expression rating would require more This strategy also allows for a finer classification.