When you rise up onto your toes and lower back down, your calf muscles squeeze the veins in your lower legs. This action pushes used blood upwards against gravity, helping it return to your heart ...

All I want for Christmas is to crack every joint in my back. Or soak in a bath long enough to melt away the soreness in my shoulders, or go through every muscle knot one by one with an acupressure ...

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