Making the Case for More Stretching, Less Stressing | NCCIH

Making the Case for More Stretching, Less Stressing | NCCIH

Making the Case for More Stretching, Less Stressing

May 5, 2020

Helene Langevin, M.D.

Feeling stressed? As we all work to adapt to extraordinary circumstances, who isn’t? 

That’s why I was excited to participate in a livestream today to discuss what the research tells us about the health impacts of stretching and to demonstrate the practice in action. 

The science of stretching has long been a focus for me in my research into the role of connective tissue on human health, especially musculoskeletal pain. But stretching has been on my mind more frequently lately for a number of reasons. 

New Funding Opportunities

• NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Program (Parent R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
• Research Project Grant (Parent R01 Clinical Trial Required)
• NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Program (Parent R21 Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)
• NIH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings (Parent R13 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
• NIH Research Project Grant (Parent R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
• Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (Parent K01 - Independent Clinical Trial Required)
• Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (Parent K01 - Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
• Research Project Grant (Parent R01 Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)
• Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (Parent K01 Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)
• Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research (Parent K24 Independent Clinical Trial Required)
• Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research (Parent K24 Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)
• NIH Pathway to Independence Award (Parent K99/R00 Independent Clinical Trial Required)
• NIH Pathway to Independence Award (Parent K99/R00 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
• NIH Pathway to Independence Award (Parent K99/R00 Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)
• Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research (Parent K24 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
• Notice of Special Interest: Administrative Supplements for NIH grants to Add or Expand Research Focused on Maternal Mortality
• Advancing Research to Develop Improved Measures and Methods for Understanding Multimorbidity (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
• Identifying Innovative Mechanisms or Interventions that Target Multimorbidity and Its Consequences (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
• Notice of Special Interest: Administrative Supplements for the U.S.-Japan Brain Research Cooperative Program (BRCP) - U.S. Entity (Admin Supp)

Upcoming Events

First Annual Botanical Safety Consortium

May 29, 2020 - 9 a.m.-12:45 p.m. ET; Webinar

The Botanical Safety Consortium (BSC), a forum established by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), and the Health and Environmental Sciences Institute (HESI), will hold its first annual meeting on May 29, 2020. 

74th Meeting of the National Advisory Council for Complementary and Integrative Health

June 5, 2020, 10:15 a.m.-4 p.m. ET; via NIH Videocast Only

The open session of the Council meeting will be available via NIH Videocast. An agenda will be posted to our website soon. 

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We have issued a Request for Information (RFI) to help identify and consider research areas and topics to be included in the new plan. We will review and consider the comments that we receive to identify current and future needs and directions for complementary and integrative health research and research training.