What are suggested stretching techniques?
I’m not sure that there are any main stretching techniques. The important thing for people who are going to stretch is to number one, stretch warm muscles, make sure you’re warmed up before you stretch and to stretch after you’ve exercised, number two to avoid bouncing a stretch, the stretch should be held for a long 30 seconds and then try to increase it – stretching is a slow slow method its not a bounce. The worst stretch you can do is just bending over and touching your toes – that puts a lot of stress on the low back. There are numbers of specific stretches that can be done for each body part, whether it’s your hamstrings, your calf, your low back or your neck and shoulders. All of these stretches are important, some are more important depending upon the sport you want to do, but the key thing is to stretch warm muscles, cool down slowly, and to hold that stretch.
