Science of Stretching |
Contents
Contractile Components of Muscle | 13 |
Recommended Readings | 22 |
Mechanical and Dynamic Properties of Soft Tissues | 33 |
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abduction active allow your partner American Orthopaedic Association ankle arms Assume the stretch athletes backward ballistic stretching bend body bones buttocks Cailliet CAUTION chest collagen connective tissue contractile insufficiency contraction cross-links degrees elbow Exhale extensor F.A. Davis factors feet Figure flexed flexi flexion flexor floor foot force forward glenohumeral joint Grasp hamstring hand heel Hold the stretch humerus increase injury J.E. Donnelly legs straight length Lie flat ligaments limited by contractile longus low back lower back Manual of Orthopaedic medial movement muscle fiber muscle spindles muscular myofibrils myofilaments myosin NOTE pain partner is positioned partner to gently passive pelvis Physical Therapy position in exercise posterior potential pull raise range of motion Reprinted by permission rotation sarcomere scapula shoulder side Sit upright slowly Sports Medicine Stand upright static stretching straddled stretch and relax stretch position structure technique tendon tension thigh tion toes trunk vertebral column W.B. Saunders wrist