While participating in sports or physical activities, the possibility of a person getting injured/hurt is always prevalent. There’s no telling when, where, or how it’ll occur. Sometimes, it may just occur. As an athlete you’ll never be 100% risk free, but what we can do is take appropriate steps and procedures to lower the risk.

Studies on the human body and how it responds to certain movements/stretches have shown that the physical gain from it is significant. Studies have shown that the increase in flexibility and range of motion can reduce the risk of strains, pulls, knots, etc, by making the body more comfortable with positions that were perhaps previously uncomfortable.

While stretching itself hasn’t shown to have a dramatic impact on athletic performance, it helps mobilize and take tension off of joints, and it improves circulation, allowing sore muscles to recover by bringing blood and nutrients to certain areas. 

This is essential for rehab and production. By targeting these unstable joints, you could start rebuilding and strengthening the areas of weakness which then leads to stronger, more stable muscles, resulting in more explosiveness and better performance.

Stretching builds the foundation needed to take on high intensity workouts and should be done at least once everyday. When you don’t stretch joints loose range of motion causing muscles to shorten and tighten, making them weak and unable to extend all the way when put to use, putting you at risk for joint pain , strains, muscle damage.

Creating a routine and finding the time to regularly stretch is very important. Mobility isn’t something that improves overnight, but something that you build one brick at a time.

Stretching allows people to live a long mobile life, canceling out years of bad posture and habits. Through stretching, you can battle resistance and stiffness that comes with old age making it easier to do the things you aspire to do.

For the most recent and updated news on how stretching can prevent injury you can check out public pages like( https://www.health.harvard.edu/ ) and the (cleveland clinic).