Thursday, June 19, 2014

Why and How: The Importance of Stretching

Why you should stretch:

Stretch for recovery, balance and flexibility so you can move fluidly and efficiently with right posture and power. 

When your muscles are constantly tight, they lose flexibility causing misalignment or overall imbalance in the body. 

This imbalance creates poor posture, poor patterns of repetitive movements, and often causes injury due to improper body mechanics.




How to stretch correctly:
Receptors in the muscles fire a signal to the brain telling your nervous system to respond with tension or ease.  Therefore, hold the stretch to a comfortable edge for 30 seconds allows your brain to signal back to the muscle to relax.

By practicing yoga and mindful stretching, you are not only giving recovery and alignment back to your body but you are boosting your overall focus.  Your mind has to work much harder to stay in the posture, balance, and relax than if you were on a treadmill.  The Journal of Physical Activity and Health says “after 20 minutes of yoga people process information more quickly and accurately than they do following the same old routine.  And yoga reduces anxiety improving cognitive performance.


Key Benefits:


  • ·      Improves performance
  • ·      Corrects posture
  • ·      Increases Muscle Power
  • ·      Aligns and Balances the Body
  • ·      Increases Longevity of activity
  • ·      Increases Mobility
  • ·      Improves Cognitive function
  • ·      Reduces Anxiety

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