The Big Myth About Stretching: Should It Hurt?
When a new student experiences real deep tissue stretches for the first time, they either love it or hate it.
The lovers can’t get enough and usually have an “ah-ha” moment.
The haters usually retreat and are afraid of the discomfort for fear that they will have more pain and not less. If I can coach them to stay with it and continue until that discomfort has eased—and it will!—then I know they have done something very profound and amazing for their body.
They are now on track to reap the life changing benefits of STRETCHING!
Remember: It takes time to get tight—it takes time to get un-tight!
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Men, Listen Up: You Should Be Stretching
My ultimate mission is to inspire everyone on the planet to stretch… that means you too, men! From my experience, men seem to be the hardest ones to convince of the benefits of regular Assisted Stretching, but they truly need it the most!
This is the honest truth: almost every woman who I have worked with in private sessions or classes always says to me, “My husband/son/boyfriend really, really needs to stretch. I wish I could get them to.”
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How Assisted Stretching Healed My Hip Pain
Why am I so passionate about Assisted Stretching?
You might be wondering that… what makes me so committed to the cause of sharing Assisted Stretching with the world?
It’s because I’ve personally experienced the miracle of Assisted Stretching.
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The Miracle of Stretching: What if it Really is That Simple?
What if it really is that simple?
This question will not leave my brain!
It is on my mind all day and keeps me up at night; I’m constantly thinking about how many people that I have worked with who have told me their stories about how stretching has improved their quality of life, lifted their spirits, and given them hope for the future simply because they feel better.
I see it in their faces and feel their energy of deep joy and incredible gratitude.
They have experienced a miracle—and it is simply stretching!
So what if it is really that simple?
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How to Take 5 to Stretch
On our last morning in Utah, I met a man who asked me what I was working on and what I did in Nashville. I told him that I am a stretching coach and was writing a blog post for my website.
He perked up with interest and told me that he and his wife had been horseback riding for three hours the day before and he was so sore that he could barely move. He said that his wife, who is an avid yoga student, wasn’t sore at all.
“She keeps telling me that I need to be stretching at least 5 minutes every day, but I never take the time. I should have stretched before and after I rode that horse!” he said.
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Back in the Game: The Benefits of Daily Assisted Stretching
I love Major League Baseball and can’t stand to hear about a player who has suffered injuries and placed on the Injured Reserve List. My inner Stretching Coach immediately thinks that I can help get them back in the game.
When it comes to overuse and repetitive movement night after night, tight muscles just get tighter and stress on joints gets more intense until something gives—a tear, a break, a sprain, a fracture which leaves a player, a team and fans in big trouble. It can be disastrous to an entire season.
According to this article from Forbes, over the past 15 years, injured MLB has lost $7 billion in wages due to player injuries placing them on the disabled list.
The big question in the article asks, “Why does a non-contact sport like baseball suffer from this injury plague?”
The article answers this question with many reasons, but you know what my answer would be—these players need to STRETCH!
But it’s not just professional athletes who need to be regularly stretching—we all do!
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