The Moving Stretch Blog on Stretching, Health and Other Cool Stuff
Having started this blog about a year ago, I only just realised that an article describing what we actually do might be helpful!! There actually is enough info on this site to give you the gist, but I thought I should break it down in a really easy to understand way, as most of us are pretty busy. When I …
Right from the very beginning as babies, we stretched with resistance. Over the years as we attended school, however, we forgot how to do this as we were taught to relax and stretch as far as we could.
Flexibility is a hot topic now, as is natural movement and increasingly clever ways of working out that lead to strong, flexible and capable bodies. If you are someone who is naturally flexible, this may be a question you do not think much about, but on the other hand if you are more like a plank than a person, you may be …
Stretching before exercise has become controversial in recent years following a few studies showing that stretching within 30mins before your exercise session can actually increase chance of injury and reduce performance. Obviously, that is not what anyone wants. I want to talk about how you can use stretching to your advantage so you can get the most out of your …
