Bend: Stretching & Flexibility
Bend: Stretching & Flexibility
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Bend: Stretching & Flexibility

Aging takes its toll. This app fights back, arming users with the tools to reclaim mobility and defy stiffness.

Key Figures

Downloads

7.5M+

User Rating

4.7/5

Total Ratings

299.1K

Publisher

Bowery Digital LLC

Category

Health & Fitness

Locales

16

Latest Version

7.3.2

Size

175.7 MB

First Released

May 20, 2020
Features

An Analytical Overview of Core Functionalities and User Value Propositions

Key Features of Bend: Stretching & Flexibility

Personalized & Targeted Routines

The app provides a wide array of pre-designed routines for various needs (e.g., posture, sleep, specific body parts) and also allows users to create their own custom programs from a comprehensive library of exercises.

Pain Relief & Mobility Focus

The app's routines are specifically designed to help users increase flexibility and mobility, prevent and alleviate pain in common areas like the lower back and neck, and maintain natural range of motion as they age.

Guided Visual Instruction

This tool offers clear, step-by-step guidance for each stretch, incorporating custom illustrations, detailed instructions, a timer, and information on benefits and precautions to ensure proper form and safety.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about Bend: Stretching & Flexibility

What is Bend: Stretching & Flexibility?

Bend is a simple and affordable app that provides quick and convenient stretching routines to improve flexibility and maintain natural range of motion. It offers hundreds of stretches and yoga poses for all ages and experience levels.

What are the benefits of using Bend: Stretching & Flexibility?

Using Bend increases flexibility, prevents pain in joints, reduces injury risk, improves sleep, posture, and athletic performance. It also reduces stress, improves circulation, and accelerates muscle recovery.

Can users create custom stretching routines in Bend?

Yes, Bend allows users to create custom stretching routines. Users choose from hundreds of stretches, yoga poses, and isometric exercises available in the app's library.

The following screenshots and description are sourced directly from the app's official store listing and are the property of the app developer.

App Store

Screenshots

Bend: Stretching & Flexibility - Discover why Bend is celebrated with the 'Apple App Store Apps We Love' badge and featured in leading publications like The New York Times and Wirecutter.

Discover why Bend is celebrated with the 'Apple App Store Apps We Love' badge and featured in leading publications like The New York Times and Wirecutter.

Award-Winning Routines

Bend: Stretching & Flexibility - Explore a curated library of guided stretches, featuring specialized routines such as 'Hips' and 'Tech Neck' with their estimated durations.

Explore a curated library of guided stretches, featuring specialized routines such as 'Hips' and 'Tech Neck' with their estimated durations.

Diverse Routine Library

Bend: Stretching & Flexibility - Understand each pose with clear instructions and visual indicators highlighting targeted areas like the 'SPINE' and 'CHEST' for effective stretching.

Understand each pose with clear instructions and visual indicators highlighting targeted areas like the 'SPINE' and 'CHEST' for effective stretching.

Clear Stretch Guidance

Bend: Stretching & Flexibility - Leverage Bend's AI to effortlessly create custom routines, using intelligent suggestions like 'relieve back pain from sitting all day' and configurable filters.

Leverage Bend's AI to effortlessly create custom routines, using intelligent suggestions like 'relieve back pain from sitting all day' and configurable filters.

Personalized AI Routines

Bend: Stretching & Flexibility - Monitor current stretches with a clear timer, indicating '0:26' remaining for the 'Rag Doll' pose, and intuitive navigation controls.

Monitor current stretches with a clear timer, indicating '0:26' remaining for the 'Rag Doll' pose, and intuitive navigation controls.

Track Your Progress

Bend: Stretching & Flexibility - Access advanced stretching and strengthening routines, including progressive series like 'Hips II' and 'Hips III' and targeted workouts for 'Core' and 'Back'.

Access advanced stretching and strengthening routines, including progressive series like 'Hips II' and 'Hips III' and targeted workouts for 'Core' and 'Back'.

Advanced Workout Series

Bend: Stretching & Flexibility - Develop flexibility incrementally with structured progressions, exemplified by 'Planks I' leading to 'Planks IV' with increasing challenge and duration.

Develop flexibility incrementally with structured progressions, exemplified by 'Planks I' leading to 'Planks IV' with increasing challenge and duration.

Progressive Skill Development

Bend: Stretching & Flexibility - Identify and correct common posture issues with detailed visual breakdowns, focusing on 'FORWARD HEAD' and 'ROUNDED SHOULDERS' related to 'Tech Neck'.

Identify and correct common posture issues with detailed visual breakdowns, focusing on 'FORWARD HEAD' and 'ROUNDED SHOULDERS' related to 'Tech Neck'.

Targeted Posture Correction

Bend: Stretching & Flexibility - Design personalized stretch sequences by selecting from a wide array of individual poses such as 'Happy Baby' and 'Hero Pose', arranged in a numbered progression.

Design personalized stretch sequences by selecting from a wide array of individual poses such as 'Happy Baby' and 'Hero Pose', arranged in a numbered progression.

Custom Routine Creator

Bend: Stretching & Flexibility - Read authentic feedback from the Bend community, showcasing 5-star ratings and diverse experiences from users like the '80 years old' reviewer and comments on 'Beautiful design'.

Read authentic feedback from the Bend community, showcasing 5-star ratings and diverse experiences from users like the '80 years old' reviewer and comments on 'Beautiful design'.

Community Endorsements

Description

Bend® is the simple, affordable way to make stretching a part of your daily routine. Our quick & convenient stretching routines help you improve your flexibility and maintain your natural range of motion as you get older. We offer hundreds of stretches and yoga poses along with dozens of easy-to-follow stretching routines designed for all ages and experience levels. It's never too early to start stretching everyday! STRETCHING IS IMPORTANT A simple, daily stretching routine can have a huge impact on your quality of life. Every time you stretch, you invest in your long-term health and longevity. Stretching benefits include: ⊕ Increase flexibility & mobility in your muscles and joints ⊕ Prevent and relieve pain in your lower back, neck, hips, shoulders and more ⊕ Reduce the risk of injury during outdoor activities and sports ⊕ Improve sleep quality and energy throughout the day ⊕ Improve posture and strengthen your core ⊕ Reduce stress & anxiety ⊕ Improve athletic performance ⊕ Improve circulation and blood flow ⊕ Accelerate muscle recovery ⊕ Improve balance & coordination ⊕ And more! YOUR BODY'S FAVORITE APP™ Bend offers dozens of daily stretching & mobility routines for every occasion. ⊕ “Wake Up” Designed to maintain your body’s natural mobility and range of motion. Simple, quick, convenient, and effective, you can do it anytime, anywhere, everyday. ⊕ “Posture Reset” Specifically designed to improve your posture with seated stretches that can correct habitual posture problems by increasing flexibility in the shoulders, back, and neck. ⊕ “Full Body” Focused on improving overall flexibility, with more than 20 stretching exercises and poses that target key muscles and joints throughout your entire body. ⊕ “Sleep” Gentle, long-hold stretches designed to help you unwind and de-stress after a long day at work through better quality of sleep, which is made possible by relieving muscle tension and relaxing the body. ⊕ “Expert” Advance group of stretching exercises and yoga poses that cover all major muscle groups and extremities. Flexibility and range of motion can be improved significantly with their more complex movements. ⊕ "Hips" Open and unlock tight hips with deep, focused stretches designed to improve hip flexibility and undo hours of inactivity from sitting at a desk, in a car, or on the couch. ⊕ "Hamstrings" Improve hamstring flexibility with subtle stretches designed to reduce hamstring tightness and relieve pressure on the knees, pelvis, and lower back. ⊕ "Lower Back" Reduce and prevent lower back pain with gentle stretches designed to increase flexibility in the lower back, pelvis, and hip flexors. ⊕ "Isometric" isometric exercise routines that build muscle, strength, balance, and range of motion in targeted areas through static muscle contraction. ⊕ And more! CREATE YOUR OWN Create your own custom stretching routine suited to your specific needs. Choose from hundreds of stretches, yoga poses, and isometric exercises in our library. EASY-TO-USE Bend makes stretching simple. We use custom illustrations and a timer to guide you through each routine. Every stretch has detailed instructions, information about its benefits, and specific things to be cautious about! STREAKS & ANALYTICS Our dashboard displays your streaks and analytics to track your progress and you can set reminders to help motivate you to stretch every day. Check your Bendometer as a quick way to see how consistent you’ve been stretching over the last few weeks. We recommend trying to keep your Bendometer score above 90%! APPLE HEALTH Bend integrates with the Health app, giving users the option to sync their health information and activity with Apple Health. FEEDBACK & SUPPORT If you have any questions, feedback, or suggestions, feel free to contact us at hello@bend.com! LEGAL Terms of Use: https://bend.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://bend.com/privacy

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This page is not an official page of the app or its developer, but an independent editorial publication created for informational and commentary purposes. Unless expressly stated otherwise, neither the app nor its developer is affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, authorized by, or otherwise officially connected with MWM, Apple, Google Play, the app publisher, or the app's developer, and nothing on this page implies that the app was developed using MWM's services. Any trademarks, logos, screenshots, and other content remain the property of their respective owners.