27 Feb Do you do warm up and cool down stretches before and after your workout 🏋️♀️ Feeling tight in your muscles everyday 🥴, even though you stretch daily 😳
Stretching has always been shown to give good outcomes 👍🏻 when done consistently and with good technique. However did you know that there are actually two types of stretching methods?🤔 Here are the two different types of stretches:
1. Static stretching
This type of stretching is where you hold and sustain a stretch with no movement occurring. This is the most common type of stretching that we perform in general to release muscle tension 🦵
2. Dynamic stretching
Dynamic stretching is a movement-based type of stretching. It’s different from traditional “static” stretching because the stretch position is not held.👂
To compare both dynamic stretching and static stretching, a study looked at the chronic effects of static and dynamic stretching on hamstrings strength and performance. The results were surprising. 😮 For the static stretching group both performance and strength of the hamstrings had decreased.😱 In contrast dynamic stretching program did not negatively affect strength or performance.
This then led to the practical implication that caution should be taken when performing static stretches🧘♂️ as it could reduce performance compared to dynamic stretching🤸♂️.In addition, indirectly static stretching can increase the likelihood of muscle strains due to its possible negative 😳 effects on performance leading to poor form and risk of injury as a result of it.
So if you are experiencing muscle tightness, 😖recurrent injuries or Would love to achieve peak performance in your game, ring My Favourite Physio📱 on (02) 9790 4233 or DM us @myfavouritephysio to book an appointment with one of our Expert physiotherapists 🤓today. Find out how our Expert physiotherapists can treat the cause of your muscle tightness 🦵and design an individualised rehabilitation program to help you maintain peak muscle strength and performance today! 💪
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