PEDS240 Lecture Notes - Stretching, Cross Country Running, Isometric Exercise
29 Apr 2013
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Jan 28 preventing injuries through fitness training. We cross train to relieve boredom, stress different muscles (reduce chances of overtraining) Someone with poor flexibility can increase their stretching through pnf stretching. The best pnf stretch is the hold relax. Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation: physical therapy first used for neuromuscular paralysis, there are 3 phases. Stretch alone or streth with assited agonist muscle. Ten second push, ten second relax: best technique to improve flexibility technique that involves combo of alternating contractions and relaxations of both agonist and antagonists. Stretching exercises: the thompson test is used to test hip flexor tightness. Is there a relationship between strength and flexibility: yes there is a relationship, they coexist, muscle bound or bulky muscle = zero flexibility. We wouldn"t want a cross country runner to be built up on all strength exercises: all sports require power.
