Joe
ITB is not dead tissue. Surely a living tissue will remodel given the
correct stress/strain appied in a controlled way. I agree that
alteration in tissue length will be in part due to a change in cns
and local spinal mechanisms but given time even bone will remodel,
eg calcaneal spurs.
Anatagonist activity is a very useful functional stretch.
> Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998 10:08:25 EST
> Priority: normal
> Subject: Re: ITT stretches
> From: JOSEPH BEATUS <[log in to unmask]>
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As far as stretching is concerned. I
> suggest that one obtains a nice dense connective tissue from a
> meat store, and place it under tension.( Put it in a saline solution if
> you wish), and notice when it tears! or elongates. When skiing do
> the ACLs "stretch"; the achilles heel when climbing a mountain?.
> Alteration in tissue length is in part a change in CNS and local
> spinal mechanism. The latter must be addressed to normalize
> motion (whatever that means).
> Best wishes to a happy new year.
> Joe
>
Gerard Hargreaves,
Lecturer/Practitioner,
Physiotherpy and Applied Life Sciences,
University of Northumbria at Newcastle,
Coach Lane Campus,
Newcastle upon Tyne.
Tel: 0191 2273876/2273575.
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