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<p>Whether you can or not, it feels like a sign of fitness to be able to reach down and touch your toes.</p><p>But how important is flexibility when it comes to your physical fitness? Is it a necessary part of healthy ageing?</p><p>Norman and Tegan stretch through the evidence on flexibility – when does it count, and how can you achieve it?</p><p>References:</p><ul><li><a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7706646/" target="_blank">Genetics of Muscle Stiffness, Muscle Elasticity and Explosive Strength</a></li><li><a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4241924/" target="_blank">Genetic associations of body composition, flexibility and injury risk with ACE, ACTN3 and COL5A1 polymorphisms in Korean ballerinas</a></li><li><a href="https://thejns.org/spine/view/journals/j-neurosurg-spine/8/6/article-p501.xml" target="_blank">Whole-spine dynamic magnetic resonance study of contortionists: anatomy and pathology</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...