Stretching is extremely important for your overall health. Stretching exercises improve flexibility. Better flexibility improve your performance in physical activities, decrease your risk of injuries, enable your muscles to work most efficiently.
Regularly performing stretching exercise can help to reduce blood pressure, heart rate which helps stress and muscular tension decreased. It also helps blood flow to your muscles and reduce muscles soreness. Tight muscles can cause back pain, stretching will help strenghten your back muscles and prevent back pain.