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To Stretch or Not to Stretch?

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To Stretch or Not to Stretch? The Answer Is Elastic Good article from the NY Times: www.nytimes.com/.../13Best.html Excerpt: The truth is that after dozens of studies and years of debate, no one really knows whether stretching helps, harms, or does anything in particular for performance or injury rates. Yet most athletes remain convinced that stretching helps, and recently more and more have felt a sort of social pressure to show that they are limber, in part due to the popularity of yoga. Flexibility has become another area where many athletes want to excel.
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  • Being on the upper end of 60, I can tell you that if I don't stretch every day, some part of me is going to rebel pronto. I used to have occasional lower back muscle problems, where I would tighten and walk around crooked for a few days until I could stretch and or relax it out. I also had some shoulder and upper arm issues in the past few years that were resolved with shoulder stretches. No drugs of any kind. I do my everyday yoga sun salute, about 10 minutes or so, and try to do a few leg lifts for the core. I need to do more of that because my core is not as robust as it has been and I'm a little concerned that the back spasms could return. I think it is probably a personal thing, but my thing is definitely stretching. I see it as a preventative and it works for me.
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  • Being on the upper end of 60, I can tell you that if I don't stretch every day, some part of me is going to rebel pronto. I used to have occasional lower back muscle problems, where I would tighten and walk around crooked for a few days until I could stretch and or relax it out. I also had some shoulder and upper arm issues in the past few years that were resolved with shoulder stretches. No drugs of any kind. I do my everyday yoga sun salute, about 10 minutes or so, and try to do a few leg lifts for the core. I need to do more of that because my core is not as robust as it has been and I'm a little concerned that the back spasms could return. I think it is probably a personal thing, but my thing is definitely stretching. I see it as a preventative and it works for me.
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