Stretching does not rule out soreness after exercise
According to latest review shows that pre and post exercise stretching does little to reduce muscle soreness and injury. If you do gym routines or exercise classes// you'll be well used to doing special stretches before and after the session to prepare your muscles. It's always assumed that this will prevent soreness the following day and reduce the risk of injury like a muscle strain....Stretching the muscles doesn't make them more resilient
Stretching before or after hitting the squash court might be a waste of time. It does little to reduce injuries or muscle soreness, say researchers. Warning up and cooling down by stretching was thought to reduce the risk// of unused muscles going into painful spasm. The spasm theory turned out to be wrong, but the stretching habit stuck. It is one of the “many superstitions about how to prevent...Stretching May Not Decrease Risk Of Injury In Power Sports
A recent study in the journal The Physician And Sports medicine says that doing stretching exercises before any form // of power sports may not decrease the risk of injury, as thought so till date. Since early 1980s doing stretching exercises before sports is considered to prevent injuries and improve athletic abilities. Researchers had decided to conduct a study to see if stretching d...Kurstin Flap Stretching Forceps
Description:This forceps was designed by Joseph Kurstin, MD of Miami, FL to help eliminate post-operative striae in the LASIK flap. It features disc-shaped tips with delicate serrations to atraumatically grasp and stretch the flap. Dr. Kurstin uses two forceps simultaneously to stretch the flap in opposing directions to straighten any micro striae. This stretching technique is repeated all along the perip...