Stretching has long been used in both warm up and cool down regime to reudece lieklihood of injury. Stretching routinely before and after exercise may assist in maintaining muscle flexibility. This degree of flexibility may assist in reducing the chance of an injury occurring as your muscles may have more “give” in them. The “give” or compliance indicates that if a muscle (which is routinely stretched) is placed into a compromising position it may have reduction in the chance of sustaining a muscle strain/tear that would more likely occur in a less compliant muscle. This occurs as the muscle can somewhat stretch or absorb impact rather than a stiff muscle which simply tears. Stretching should be performed before and after a routine in combination with a warm-up/down program. Please click on the area you want to stretch and browse through our stretches and demonstrations of how to correctly perform them.

Neck

Shoulders

Chest

Biceps and Triceps

Back

Wrist/Forearms

Low back and torso

Core/Abdominals

Gluteals

Hip Adductors

Quadriceps

Hamstring

Calves

Feet and Ankle

Neural glides