Download or read book The Science and Physiology of Flexibility and Stretching written by David G. Behm and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stretching is a fundamentally important part of sport and exercise, playing a role in improving performance, and preventing injury and rehabilitation, but its scientific underpinnings have, to this point, been overlooked in book publishing. The Science and Physiology of Flexibility and Stretching is the most up-to-date and comprehensive book to cover the underlying physiology and psychology of stretching, critically assessing why, when, and how we should stretch, as well as offering a highly illustrated, practical guide to stretching exercises. Placing stretching in the context of both health and performance, the first section of the book sets out the science behind stretching, critically assessing the benefits, disadvantages, and roles of different types of stretching, exploring the mechanisms behind increasing range-of-movement through stretching and other methods, and offering evidence-based guidance on building stretching into warm-ups. In its second section, the book provides a step-by-step guide to static, dynamic, and PRF stretching exercises for beginners, through recreational athletes, to elite performers. Richly illustrated, and including an online resource, The Science and Physiology of Flexibility and Stretching provides an important scientific enquiry into stretching, and an invaluable reference for any strength and conditioning coach or student, personal trainer, sports coach, or exercise scientist.
Download or read book Active Isolated Stretching written by Aaron L. Mattes and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stretching Benefits written by Hosea Shafi and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-05-03 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stretching keeps the muscles flexible, strong, and healthy, and we need that flexibility to maintain a range of motion in the joints. Without it, the muscles shorten and become tight. Then, when you call on the muscles for activity, they are weak and unable to extend all the way. That puts you at risk for joint pain, strains, and muscle damage. Don't forget to stretch before a workout. Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Learn... Personal Welcome & How To Use This Guide - The Importance of Flexibility and What Body Parts Should be Flexible - Flexibility For Speed And Power - Neck And Torso Flexibility - Flexibility For Triceps - How To Maximize Leg Flexibility - Maintaining Flexibility as You Age - Much, much more!
Download or read book Science of Stretching written by Alex Reid and published by The Crowood Press. This book was released on 2017-05-11 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Science of Stretching is a research-based book that brings together the scientific principles of many different modalities of stretching and its application to the general and sporting populations. The book reviews static stretching, dynamic stretching, ballistic stretching, vibration platform, PNF, myofascial release, Pilates and Yoga, as well as post-operative, chronic and acute injury benefits. Appropriate prescription, application and expected outcomes are explained, which will revolutionize the way you choose to stretch. The effect of stretching on performance indicators, like delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS), running economy, speed and power, as well as chronic pain, growth-related, acute and chronic injury and exercise-associated muscle cramp are all reviewed and discussed from the latest research. The research indicates both positive and negative outcomes from stretching on performance indicators and some modalities are more relevant for certain populations than others. This book will help you take the guesswork out of stretching, and is fully illustrated with 160 colour photographs and 10 diagrams.
Download or read book Benefits Of Stretching written by Thaddeus Trybala and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-04-03 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stretches to Enhance Flexibility, Pain Management, Injury Prevention, and Movement. Are you able to learn proper stretching techniques? If that's the case, you've arrived at the right place. Here's A Preview Of What This Stretching Book Contains: The Benefits of Stretching General Guidelines for Proper Stretching Upper Body Stretching Exercises Core and Lower Back Stretching Exercises Lower Body Stretching Exercises: Hips and Buttocks Lower Body Stretching Exercises: Thighs Lower Body Stretching Exercises: Calves to Shins Easy Stretching Exercises for Desk-Job Workers And Much More!
Download or read book Stretching for Functional Flexibility written by Phil Armiger and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stretching for Functional Flexibility is a reference guide for the safe, effective, and efficient application of stretching exercises to improve range of motion and movement potential. Based on the most current research, this text is a valuable reference for physical, occupational and massage therapists, athletic trainers, fitness trainers, coaches, sports and orthopedic physicians, doctors of chiropractic, and many other professionals dealing with the health and performance of the musculoskeletal system. The text provides all of the information necessary to design and implement a safe and effective stretching program. A companion Website will offer the fully searchable text and an image bank for instructors.
Download or read book The Power of Stretching written by Bob Doto and published by Fair Winds Press. This book was released on 2020-01-28 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the aid of beautiful illustrations and easy-to-access organization, teacher and licensed massage therapist Bob Doto teaches you how and what to stretch to reclaim your power and well-being—including 60 specific stretches spanning from your head to your toes. Stretching is accessible to anyone, is quick and easy, can be done in most environments, and has proven to relieve pain, increase rates of recovery, as well as help manage stress and anxiety. With The Power of Stretching, quickly gain an understanding of this powerful tool. First, you'll learn: Why we stretch and why it feels good The basic anatomy of stretching The benefits of stretching General guidelines for performing stretches Then find out how to stretch every part of your body using 60 different stretches, with a color-coded map of the regions of the body to use as a reference. Each stretch discussed includes an image, bulleted instructions, and helpful notes and tips. Another section helps you pinpoint the stretches that are right for you based on common occupational and sports activity profiles, along with common injury profiles. Each entry provides information on how the activity or injury relates to the body, interesting facts and statistics, as well as references to the appropriate stretches for rehabilitation. Feel better faster with this elegantly designed guide to stretching.
Download or read book Stretching Anatomy 2nd Edition written by Arnold Nelson and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2013-10-14 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stretching Anatomy, Second Edition, is a visual guide to 86 stretches for increasing range of motion, muscular strength, stamina, posture, and flexibility. Step-by-step instructions describe how to perform each stretch, while 110 full-color anatomical illustrations highlight the primary muscles and surrounding structures engaged.
Download or read book The Benefits Of Performing Stretching Exercises The Best Stretching Exercises For Optimizing Your Health How To Perform The Best Stretching Exercises And Deadly Disease Causing Foods That You Should Avoid Consuming written by Dr Harrison Sachs and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-16 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book sheds light on the benefits of performing stretching exercises and identifies the utmost best stretching exercises for optimizing your health. Moreover, how to perform the best stretching exercises and deadly disease causing foods that you should avoid consuming are delineated in this essay. How to substantially mitigate risks for succumbing to lethal chronic diseases by embracing a heart healthy, anticancer, nutrient dense, alkaline, antioxidant rich, anti-inflammatory, raw fruitarian diet is expounded upon in this essay. While typically neglectfully overlooked, the salient importance of performing stretching exercises should not be deprioritized nor relegated to the back burner. Stretching exercises offer a myriad of salubrious health benefits to workout enthusiasts. Stretching exercises are easy to undergo and can be performed virtually anywhere, even from the comfort of your own abode. Similarly to the benefits of frequently performing cardio exercises or strength training exercises, the benefits of consistently performing stretching exercises are eminently profound and can play a salient role in allowing you to optimize your overall health. Performing stretching exercises confers a myriad of health benefits to the individual that encompass increasing your latitude of flexibility, amplifying your range of motion, enhancing your posture, improving your blood circulation, shortening recovery times, attenuating muscle soreness, augmenting your performance in athletic events, and amplifying blood flow to the muscles. Performing stretching exercises can help to strengthen back muscles, calm your mind, alleviate stress, mitigate risks for muscle strains, and can even can help stave off agonizing musculoskeletal pain. Moreover, undergoing stretching exercises can also play a pivotal role in helping to assuage tension headaches, minimize body aches, and heal existing back injuries. Furthermore, performing stretching exercises can also help to reduce muscle stiffness, improve muscular relaxation, enhance mechanical efficiency, and reduce the risk of succumbing to chronic low-back pain. Undergoing stretching exercises can be of eminent importance for preempting injuries, enhancing your exercise form, boosting joint health, improving sleep quality, strengthening your muscles, and improving muscular endurance. There are ample stretching exercises that you should undergo if you are keen on taking the necessary measures toward optimizing your overall health. First and foremost, one of the utmost best stretching exercise for optimizing health entails performing calf stretches. In order to perform the calf stretch, you should position your feet shoulder-length apart and should subsequently extend your hands onto either a chair or wall. You knees should remain straight and your heels should remain situated on the ground. Performing these calf stretches will allow you to not only safeguard your Achilles tendon, but can also help you attenuate knee, shin, and foot pain. You should aim to perform at least 5-10 sets of calf stretches for your stretching workout with each calf stretch lasting for no less than 30 seconds. Second, another one of the utmost best stretching exercises that warrants undergoing if you want to optimize your health entails performing quadriceps stretches. In order to to be poised to perform quadriceps stretches, you should position your feet together and ensure that your hips remain straight. While performing quadriceps stretches, "you should bend your right knee back and take the front of your right foot in your right hand. Moreover, you also should keep your knees even as you bend your right knee back and continue to keep your body straight as you hold this stretch, feeling it on the top of the quadriceps" ("7 Early-morning Stretches," n.d.). Performing these quadriceps stretches is a worthwhile stretching exercise to undergo since it will allow you to improve blood circulation, and alleviate chronic stress.
Download or read book Stretching Improve Flexibility and Relieve Aches and Pains A Comprehensive Guide With Simple Workout Movements to Improve Posture written by David Newell and published by David Newell. This book was released on 101-01-01 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book sheds light on the newest stretching methodologies discovered, keeping a strong bond with the traditional and ancient methods of stretching that have been used for decades. The problem with all the other stretching books is that they propose just a few techniques to stretch and then hundreds of different stretches you could never remember in a lifetime. This book’s approach is exactly the reverse: it first teaches you the most modern and science-based stretching methodologies you can use, then guides you through a selection of the best stretching exercises you can use to enhance your flexibility. Only the best has made its way to this book. You will discover: • The benefits of stretching, mobility and flexibility • Stretching routines to follow, both full body and muscle group specific • How to create your own, bespoke stretching program • Many different stretching options for each muscle group • Illustrated and written descriptions of all exercises • Full workout plans to get stuck into right away • Blank program cards to copy and fill in This revolutionary text guides you on a journey of self-discovery, offering a comprehensive overview that goes beyond mere muscle stretching technique. It thoroughly covers both the physical and mental aspects of stretching, integrating them into a holistic approach to well-being. Are you ready to discover how stretching can bring transformative changes to your life, whether you're an athlete seeking optimized performance or looking for a way to improve your daily life?
Download or read book Easy Stretching written by Larry Holden and published by Booktango. This book was released on 2016-02-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author wishes to express his sincere gratitude to his many friends who encouraged him. This book came about from their persistent urging. They did not want Holden to keep the secrets of daily stretching all to himself. Why should you have all the fun? they teased. They were right; exercise is fun; exercise is expression. It is not difficult once you know how to use the power of stretching for your own symptoms. Before beginning the program, Holden recommends checking with your health care provider to make sure these stretching exercises are safe for you. Holden received training in: • personal fitness and nutrition; • anatomy, • exercise physiology; • exercise prescription; • flexibility; and • injury prevention. No one walks alone on the journey of life. The author offers his sincere gratitude to all of his friends.
Download or read book My Pocket Guide to Stretching written by K. Aleisha Fetters and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keep your muscles strong, flexible, and healthy with these 60 stretches to help you loosen up and improve your overall health wherever you are! Now more than ever, we need to take a moment for ourselves…and our sore muscles! As working from home becomes the norm for many people, bad posture and aches and pains are taking over. My Pocket Guide to Stretching helps you soothe sore muscles, promote flexibility, and take a moment to calm your mind wherever you find yourself. This portable, compact book allows you to stretch when and where you want, whether you’re a beginner, intermediate, or advanced stretcher. With expert advice and simple illustrations showing you how to do each stretch, targeting every body part, and then showing you how to put the stretches together for a whole body routine, this little book can help you shake off tightness and start living a more relaxed and flexible life.
Download or read book 15 Minute Stretch written by Suzanne Martin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Improve physical performance and overall health with these simple 15-minute stretches. Do you need quick yet effective stretches for a leaner, more flexible, stronger you? Then you’ll love these four 15-minute workout plans for beginners. This exercise book is filled with easy workouts to improve posture, strengthen muscles and help with injury recovery — and it includes sciatic stretches! Here’s what you’ll find inside: • Four illustrated step-by-step sequences: morning stretches, posture stretch, flexibility stretch and strength stretch • At-a-glance summaries of the complete 15-minute sequences • Clear step-by-step instructions, allowing you to get an instructor-led experience at home • General information on the benefits of stretching • Advice for beginners on safe practice and modifications for the sequences Stretching is for everyone: whether you’re a dancer or runner, you need relief from sitting behind a screen all day. A daily stretch routine can greatly alleviate aches and pains and improve your quality of life — it’s also a fantastic way to reduce stress! This workout book combines stretches found in yoga and pilates practices — and physical therapy. It also gives you strategies for healthy living and relaxation techniques. Each section has clear step-by-step photographs paired with easy-to-follow instructions and graphics to explain exactly what to do, understand which muscles to focus on, and where you need to feel the stretch. At the end of each 15-minute program, there’s an at-a-glance summary of the routine. 15-Minute Stretch will inspire you to slot these simple exercises into your schedule, so you reap the benefits of enhanced health and fitness. The 15-Minute series are easy-to-use exercise books for time-poor people, with a step-by-step approach for effective results. Fit exercise into your busy life with short but effective programs. Include 15-Minute Gentle Yoga, 15-Minute Pilates, 15-Minute Better Back for a total body workout.
Download or read book Benefits of Stretching for Seniors written by Sofia Karlsson and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-09-19 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Getting older can be a complex subject. We all try to avoid thinking or talking about it, but it is a natural process we all go through. There are many common misconceptions around what stretches and exercises are best, and a lot of poor advice that could lead to you becoming inactive or with a significant injury. I descend from a family of women who have lived well into their 90s and managed to remain active into their 70s. This might surprise a few people, but stretching regularly and being active are the main reasons they all managed to live such long and healthy lives. Your body may begin to show signs of aging, but you can still stay young at heart and make the most of your life by stretching often and consistently. Benefits of Stretching for Seniors will teach you the various benefits that come from staying healthy and active, even as you get older. It will also teach you tips and tricks for staying active without injury. Keeping an open mind to activity as you get older, and not bowing to the misconception that getting older means getting slower, are both essential in making sure you live a long and fruitful life, filled with adventures and experiences. Inside Benefits of Stretching for Seniors, discover: The value of attitude for longevity How anatomy changes over time Basic stretching exercises Cardio, weights, and their benefits The importance of yoga and pilates Information about martial arts and tai chi How to build your personal schedule Ways to improve your nutrition and diet How to find peace And much more! Don't give up on your body or it will give up on you! Grab a copy of Benefits of Stretching for Seniors today, and ensure you are as active as possible for as long as possible.
Download or read book Stretching For Dummies written by LaReine Chabut and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-02-25 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A highly practical guide to achieving great results with stretching Did you long ago learn to fear and dread stretching because of overbearing P.E. teachers who forced you to touch your toes? It doesn't have to be that way anymore. Stretching is a powerful tool that can bring you new ease of movement, an increase in your physical capabilities, and deep composure that requires you to do nothing more than breathe. You can always have access to it—and best of all, it's free! Stretching for Dummies shows you that stretching is actually easy to do—and reveals how you can reap the amazing benefits of stretching anywhere, anytime. It explains in simple terms how you can stand taller, look thinner, keep stress from getting the best of you, keep your muscles from feeling achy, and nip injuries in the bud. You'll discover: The why’s, where’s, when’s, and how’s of letting loose and snapping back How to keep from hurting yourself The benefits of stretching with a partner How to target specific areas: such as head, shoulders, knees, and toes The art of breathing correctly How to use stretching to sooth lower back pain Stretches to start and end your day right Stretches you can do at your desk Stretches for various stages of life—including stretches for kids and seniors This easy-to-use reference also includes a list of ten surprising around-the house stretching accessories, along with ten common aches and pain that stretching can help. Regardless of how old or young you are, Stretching for Dummies will introduce you to a kinder and gentler form of flexibility that will reduce that nagging tension and tenderness in your muscles and truly make you feel good all over.
Download or read book Anatomy and 100 Essential Stretching Exercises written by Guillermo Seijas Albir and published by Barrons Educational Series. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barron's Anatomy and 100 Essential Stretching Exercises helps you improve your flexibility, overcome physical ailments, and increase your overall sense of well-being. This comprehensive guide features over 100 stretching exercises to help you improve your range of motion, decrease discomfort, and prevent injuries. Easy-to-understand exercises are clearly illustrated and contain simple, precise instructions for the proper way to stretch every part of your body. This guide includes: Effective exercises for athletes, non-athletes, and those searching for pain relief associated with injuries Step-by-step methods for the most effective exercise routines Anatomical descriptions of the parts of the body and the muscles being worked Photographic representations of each exercise, with detailed illustrations of the primary and secondary muscles Explanatory text that ensures correct techniques and proper safety precautions The numbers of repetitions needed depending on fitness levels (beginner, intermediate, advanced) and the physiological benefits of each exercise A quick reference guide to the most beneficial stretches for specific ailments, and more
Download or read book Stretching Basics written by Paul Collins and published by Meyer & Meyer Verlag. This book was released on 2007 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 50 exercises for all age groups, demonstrates exercises for the workplace, sports and general fitness, increase strength flexibility and range of motion.
