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Permission Joseph Muscolino - Stretching the Neck

How to Stretch Your Clients

There are many types of stretching techniques. Following is a guide to the many different types of stretching techniques that exist.

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Neck Stretch

What is Stretching?

Stretching is essentially a mechanical manual/movement therapy that is aimed at making a soft tissue longer so that we can increase flexibility.

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stretching and muscle weakness

Why Does Static Stretching Cause Muscle Weakness?

Two primary hypotheses have been proposed to explain the stretching-induced force deficit, in other words, the muscle weakness…

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stretching and joint ROM

The Effect of Stretching on Flexibility and Joint Range of Motion

All types of stretching showed joint range of motion improvements over the long term, however, static stretching technique showed the greatest improvement.

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Transverse Place Stretching and Strengthening

Acute Effects of Dynamic Stretching on Muscle Flexibility and Performance

Dynamic stretching’s improvement seems to be related to the increased tissue temperature and increased neural facilitation. Therefore, if the goal of a warm-up is to increase joint ROM and to enhance muscle force and/or power, dynamic stretching seems to be a preferable alternative to static stretching.

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Piriformis stretch - improves heart function

The Cross-Over Effect of Stretching

Results showed that there were significant shoulder joint ROM increases following both lower body static stretching and lower body dynamic stretching.

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Muscle spindle stretch reflex

Static Muscle Stretching Reduces Muscle Contractile Force

This study proposes that static stretching causes a central nervous system neurophysiological response that results in diminished muscle strength.

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