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To Stretch or Not to Stretch …

Why your pre-game stretching regime could be hindering

performance and increasing your risk of injury!

Dr. Kylie Draper BMSc, can help decrease muscle tension, bringing muscles and joints through muscular tension.
DipAc, DC of Cornwall Spine Care Plus reduce pain and improve range active ranges of motion via swift, “Athletes should engage in
of motion. The catch is that you controlled movements. This type dynamic activation prior to a
need to understand what kind of of stretching is used to improve
workout and use static stretching
stretching to do and when to do it. blood flow, temperature, range after their cool down.”

of motion and potential power
The two major types of stretching This is something to consider
we will look at in this article are output. Research has illustrated
that dynamic activation prior to a for all athletes both recreational
static stretching and dynamic and professional. No one wishes
activation stretching. workout, better prepares your body
for the more intense exercise that to inhibit performance or increase
Static Stretching follows. This is not only because their risk of injury because they

Static stretching involves dynamic activation warms up the are stretching incorrectly. To
slowly lengthening a muscle to muscles and joints but because learn more about proper warm
an elongated position and holding this type of stretching increases up drills visit my website at
this fixed position for a prolonged excitatory signals from the brain to www.spinecareplus.ca or book

period of time, usually 20-30 the muscle (and vice versa) priming a consultation with one of our
seconds. Traditionally, static the body for optimal performance. doctors of chiropractic.
recently had a patient limp in to
stretching was a main element of Sports injuries occur for many
I my offi ce with a badly strained “There is a time and a place for
the pre-event warm-up. Recent reasons. Proper stretching and
quadriceps muscle. He had been both types of stretching”
studies have shown, however, that warm- up are not the only factor
playing baseball and while sprinting
static stretching prior to activity This does not mean that holding involved in injury prevention.
to first base he felt an ‘agonizing your muscles in a fix positions for

limits your power output and results It is important to note that
pull’ in his anterior thigh. During
in a neuromuscular inhibitory a prolonged period of time (static most injuries do not resolve
our examination of the limb the stretching) is a negative thing.
patient exclaimed, “I just don’t get response in muscles. This means spontaneously. Proper treatment
your muscles do not operate as There is a time and a place for both and rehabilitation is necessary.
it Doc, I made sure to stretch before types of stretching. The emerging

the game. I mean, I really, really efficiently or optimally as they If you have suffered a sport
should after being “stretched out”. opinion about stretching in the injury please contact the experts
stretched!” He was very confused scientific community is that athletes

when I informed him that his pre- This can have a detrimental effect at Cornwall Spine Care Plus to
on performance and can also lead should engage in dynamic activation ensure you are getting the best
game static stretching regime prior to a workout and use static
was likely to have encouraged his to an increased risk of injury. stretching after their cool down. treatment and rehabilitation.
injury! “Recent studies have shown, When your work out is complete Dr. Kylie Draper is a
however, that static stretching prior Chiropractor and Acupuncture
“He was very confused when I and you have done a proper active

informed him that his pre-game to activity limits your power output recovery, there are significant Provider at Cornwall Spine Care
and results in a neuromuscular Plus. She has a special interest in

static stretching regime was likely inhibitory response in muscles.” benefits to static stretching. The

to have encouraged his injury!” benefits of static stretching include sports injuries, natural treatment
Dynamic Activation Stretching muscles relaxation, calming of the options for headaches, neck pain
There are many benefits to nervous system and a reduction of and pregnancy-related issues.

stretching. When done properly it Dynamic activation involves
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