There DOES NOT appear to be any short term advantage in improving flexibility when comparing stretching to the POINT OF PAIN with stretching to the POINT OF DISCOMFORT
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📝 Both forms of stretching resulted in very mild muscle tenderness but with no evidence of muscle damage 👍.
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📚 Flexibility was assessed using sit and reach and straight leg raise tests.
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📝 Both tests acutely increased range of movement and this was still increased 24 hrs later
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👉 However there was no significant difference between the two groups.
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📚 REF: Muanjai, P., Jones, D., Mickevicius, M., Satkunskiene, D., Snieckus, A., Skurvydas, A. and Kamandulis, S. The acute benefits and risks of passive stretching to the point of pain. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 2017; 117(6): 1217-1226.
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