Stretching

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a good overview on the stretching controversy..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stretching#Uncertainty

Research by Weerapong et al. was designed to find the

effects of stretching on the body. In their research,

they used ninety-nine peer-reviewed and scholarly

sources to compile their data. Their sources came from

three online databases which included PubMed, SPORT

Discuss, and ProQuest 5000 International. The criteria

for research looked for average healthy participants

where no bias was placed on age, gender or physical

abilities. All claims considered in the research were

picked if they researched the long and short-term

effects of stretching while suggesting what effects

stretching had on events such as injury occurrence,

sport performance, and muscle soreness.

Results of the study found that it is very common in

literature to suggest stretching as a possible

mechanism to prevent onset of injury and muscle

soreness. This idea, however, while very common, does

not specifically explain how stretching affects muscle

properties on individual performance. Their findings

suggest that common stretching methods like static and

ballistic stretches decrease muscle performance and

have inconclusive evidence to support the notion of

injury reduction. Their research questions whether

flexibility will reduce incidence of injury. A large

number of their sources claim flexibility does not

reduce incidence of injury; therefore, increasing

range of motion is not needed. Their conclusion states

that more research is needed to find the best

stretching techniques that improve performance and

reduce risk of injury (Weerapong, Hume, and Kolt 189-206).

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It was one of the first things I noticed after the MS diagnosis. Marcie <heavenswsper@...> wrote: The urge to stretch, I do, and it feels sooooo good. Anyone else havethis after starting LDN?MS and Fibromyalgia