Oliver Nicholson

Stretching or not stretching that is the question?

Does stretching really increase our flexibility? What is happening when we stretch? When a muscle is taken into a stretch the proprioceptors (nerve endings that relay information to the nervous system) are sending a message to the brain telling our muscle to contract to resist the stretch. This is what we call the stretch reflex.

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