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Month: November 2013

What happens when you stretch a muscle? (Part 2)

By joemillerNovember 16, 2013May 16, 2019 Categories: Anatomy, Anatomy answers, Asana, Flexibility, Physiology 1 Comment

In the previous post in this series, I described how stretching temporarily affects muscle tissue. This segment begins a discussion of long-term changes in flexibility. Ultimately, lasting gains in flexibility have more to do with your nervous system than with your muscles. More on that in the next post, but first, let’s look at an alternative hypothesis, namely…

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