Stretching
- Created by: Samantha Banks
- Created on: 09-12-14 14:07
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- Stretching
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- Flexibility= Ability of muscles to stretch + lengthen
- Movement= Mobility + flexibility
- Benefits of flexibility
- Ease of movement
- Inc. range of skills
- Prevents injury
- Aesthetically fluent
- Factors affecting
- Age
- Gender
- Connective tissues
- Temperature
- Activity level
- Lengths
- Resting length= Anatomical position
- Functional length= Length at maximal use (greater than resting).
- Overstretching
- Forceful detachment of Actin and Myosin cross bridges
- Damage (possible nerve)
- Inflammatory process
- Predispose to injury
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- Mobility = ROM in a joint
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- Flexibility= Ability of muscles to stretch + lengthen
- Movement= Mobility + flexibility
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- Resting length= Anatomical position
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