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Neck Stretches For Pain: Not All It’s Cracked Up To Be
The critical drawback of stretching for neck pain is that the muscles are put in a passive lengthened position without being followed with elastic recoil. The best stretch is where the whole body is tensioned through corrective exercises to rebound with elastic recoil as seen in elite athlete sprinters at top speeds.
Weighing The Merits of Flow Yoga
Since yoga positions are not based upon the gait cycle, the poses held in Flow Yoga stretch the body through ranges of motion that the body did not evolve to undergo. Repeatedly practicing Yoga will result in overly lengthened tissues that have a hard time supporting joints and bones, especially in a dynamic or athletic context.
Stretching: Anti-Aging or Age Accelerator?
Healthy aging as it relates to physical health means preserving muscular elastic recoil, stability while standing, and efficiently walking, running, and throwing. We hypothesize at FP that the closer a person moves like an elite athlete such as Barry Sanders, Bo Jackson, or Lebron James, the more graceful their aging process will be.
The Do’s and Dont’s of Dynamic Stretching: How to Achieve Optimal Joint Mobility and Flexibility
In order to support our body in motion and ensure that we are not causing excessive compression on any particular area it’s important that we are able to recruit many myofascial connections at the same time. This is where dynamic stretching becomes problematic; Just because the body is moving doesn't mean that the muscles are actively engaged.