Importance of Stretching - Why Athletes Do it?

Stretching is very important for flexibility, range of motion and injury prevention. Incorporating stretching into your daily workouts is a given but including it in your day routine is just as important to health and body functioning as regular exercise. It relaxes your muscles and increases blood flow and nutrients to your cartilage and muscles.

1. Fortifies posture
2. Enables flexibility
3. Reduce muscle tension, and make the body feel more relaxed
4. Increase the range of motion
5. Prevent muscle strains: a strong pre-stretched muscle resists stress better than a strong unstretched muscle
6. Prevent joint strains, Promote circulation and Increase ‘body awareness’
7. Reduce the risk of back problems
8. Prepare the body for strenuous exercise
9. Increase the learning, practice, and performance of many types of skilled movements

10.Improve athletic performance

"Paired with a healthy diet, engaging in prolonged stretching exercises can help reduce cholesterol in the body. This could prevent and even reverse the hardening of arteries, helping one avoid heart diseases"

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