Why Stretching Isn't Releasing Your Muscle Tension & Addressing Tendon Health

About this episode

Heidi Hadley discusses why stretching alone is insufficient for addressing muscle tension and tendon health.

What if the advice you've been given for years about stretching is only part of the story? Millions of people stretch every day hoping to reduce pain, prevent injury and improve flexibility. Yet despite their best efforts, muscle tension returns, injuries keep recurring and movement often feels stiff and restricted. In this episode of the Total Somatics Show, Heidi Hadley explores why stretching alone cannot restore healthy neuromyofascial function. Discover how a mismatch between flaccid, ...

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Host: Heidi Hadley

Topics covered

• stretching
• muscle tension
• tendon health
• neuromyofascial function
• injury prevention
• flexibility

Keywords

• stretching
• muscle tension
• tendon health
• neuromyofascial function
• injury prevention
• flexibility
• pain reduction

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