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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I understand the theory of geriatric stretching as minimal stretching that should be done after exercise. www.ah.ouhsc.edu/.../stretching.htm
Oh, I wasn't referring to geriatric stretching. Those are just some simple principles of biomechanics. I just work in geriatrics and see the long term effects of not stretching thus not keeping ROM WNL. This is just a small component to promoting preventative health care. :cheerleader:
And I'd always question a website that doesn't list it's references. I guess that is what happens when I take some of my doctorate of physical therapy classes at one of the more prestigious med schools in the area and have access to their research hospital's library. :D
Do you have a medical background, too? Cause we could spark some super nerdy conversations! :groovy:
I understand the theory of geriatric stretching as minimal stretching that should be done after exercise. www.ah.ouhsc.edu/.../stretching.htm
Oh, I wasn't referring to geriatric stretching. Those are just some simple principles of biomechanics. I just work in geriatrics and see the long term effects of not stretching thus not keeping ROM WNL. This is just a small component to promoting preventative health care. :cheerleader:
And I'd always question a website that doesn't list it's references. I guess that is what happens when I take some of my doctorate of physical therapy classes at one of the more prestigious med schools in the area and have access to their research hospital's library. :D
Do you have a medical background, too? Cause we could spark some super nerdy conversations! :groovy:
