[header] How to become flexible with minimal pain [title] Slow down. [step] Moving quickly into a stretch is a recipe for injury. Instead, always move your body with deliberate slowness, coaxing instead of forcing your body into the stretch. 
[substeps] Slowly moving your body into a stretch allows you to accurately monitor how far you can go before the stretch becomes painful. If you move into a stretch too fast you won't be able to tell precisely when the stretch became painful.