Stretching is often the last thing we get around to during workouts, coming in third behind cardio and strength training, despite the importance of flexibility in our overall fitness.

The woman who was with actor Morgan Freeman the night of a Mississippi car crash that left both injured insists she was never romantically linked to the 71-year-old Oscar winner and is suing him for negligence. He was driving her car when it crashed.

SELF-HEALING, EMPOWERMENT AND ENLIGHTENMENT WORKSHOP, following teachings of Chinese healer Master Zhi Gang Sha, with benefits for pain, chronic illness, stress, grief and sadness, relationships, stamina and immunity, 5-8 p.m. Feb. 26, and 9 a.m.-noon March 1; UH-Manoa Business Administration Building, Room A102; free; registration, Pam Uyeunten, 988-8090.

A. You are sleeping peacefully, when a sudden pain pierces your leg and jolts you awake. Night-time leg cramps are often caused by involuntary contraction of the calf muscles while you sleep. They become more common with age.