Over time, muscles naturally tend to shorten and become tight. So as you age, your ability to fully utilize movement in your body becomes compromised. Think about it: If a muscle is already in a chronically shortened state, then it can never attain its full power potential when you try to contract it because it’s already semicontracted. A tight muscle limits your range of motion, and you can easily hurt yourself.
A few words to live by: Don’t eat seafood in a month without an “R” in it, let sleeping dogs lie, and a tight muscle is a weak muscle. Ignore any of these time-tested maxims at your peril, and chances are, one way or another, you’re going to get bitten. Stretching increases your ability to function daily — called functional flexibility. This flexibility helps dramatically increase the range of motion in your joints, which enhances your performance in your chosen sport and helps in your everyday life by making it possible for you to reach higher or lower, bend farther, and reduce nagging aches and pains from tight, tense muscles.
Lack of functional flexibility can make small everyday movements annoying and even painful.
A few words to live by: Don’t eat seafood in a month without an “R” in it, let sleeping dogs lie, and a tight muscle is a weak muscle. Ignore any of these time-tested maxims at your peril, and chances are, one way or another, you’re going to get bitten. Stretching increases your ability to function daily — called functional flexibility. This flexibility helps dramatically increase the range of motion in your joints, which enhances your performance in your chosen sport and helps in your everyday life by making it possible for you to reach higher or lower, bend farther, and reduce nagging aches and pains from tight, tense muscles.
Lack of functional flexibility can make small everyday movements annoying and even painful.
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