The Full Circle of Stretching

Annette Lang
  

• Introduction – stretching coming full circle
• Ignorance -> Techniques -> Research ->Truth?
• Comprehensive understanding + simple delivery
• Stretching = Release (increasing ROM and enabling the body to use ROM)
• When to stretch and when not to?
• Blanket approach vs. individualization
• “Tight” vs. needing stretching
• Movement screens and assessments
• Ramifications of modern sitting posture
• Moving in the 3-D – reconnecting to how the body is supposed to move
• Moving from hips vs. moving from spine
• Passive ROM vs. Active ROM
• Understanding what to use when – before, during and after exercise.
  • Contract relax
  • Static
  • Active
• We must USE the ROM we achieve with stretching
• Orthopaedic norms vs. Functional reality
• Being nervous makes us careful – respect ROM!