It turns out there's a medical name for it.
When you wake up in the morning, do you choose to do that curled-fist stretch you always yawn through ― or is it kind of involuntary?
If you don’t feel in control of the satisfying movement, you might be experiencing something called pandiculation .“a stretching and stiffening especially of the trunk and extremities .” And the toe-straightening process may have a few biological purposes, a 2011 article published in The Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapiesas a special category of pandiculation ― may “reset the central nervous system to the waking state after a period of sleep and prepare the animal to respond to environmental stimuli,” the paper But the authors of that later research think it might also help to regulate our movement system by keeping our muscles and tissues balanced and working properly,...
So, aside from helping us to “switch on” in the morning, pandiculation might help us move throughout the day, the paper says.that “regular stretching can help to increase flexibility and reduce back pain,” partly because it helps to increase blood flow.
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