To all:
While we are fresh on the subject of stretching, I just want to make the
issue more complex (I've been thinking about this all day after reading a
few texts and articles). From Travell and Simons, they state that if you
have trigger points in a muscle, whether it'd be latent or active, it will
not go away unless it is deactivated. Therefore, stretching, warm up etc
will not help it unless it is treated by injection, coolant spray, massage
etc. As well, they state that exercise, and over-exercise in particular, of
muscles with latent trigger points will actually activate these trigger
points, hence giving them pain and injurying the muscles.
So what I was thinking for the entire day is that if stretching of a muscle
with trigger points won't help to deactivate the trigger point, and
exercises will tend to tighten and activate trigger points, could this be
the missing link on why there is literature out there stating that
stretching does not help in injury prevention?? However, at the same time,
why is there literature that support stretching even if they don't take this
fact into account?? It just makes the entire issue more complex and
interesting (to me anyway!!).
It is just a thought, and I know people who do not support the trigger point
hypothesis will not find this thought appealing. I am not trying to support
my comments for stretching, and I am not trying to de-value the research
that so many people have done on the topic, but simply offering another
point of view for us to think about.
Henry***
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