Misc Originals - David warmke - the basic physiology of static stretching

^CHow do your muscles stret^Gch ^DNot something most folks think abo^Cut ^CBUT.... if you two blown out hips and a^G knee ^DYou realize them muscles they don’t st^Cretch right

^CHip Hip knee Horry got them all re^Gplaced ^DTitanium joints even titanium GUITAR S^CTRINGS ^CHow do I stretch em out get full Dynamic rang^Ge ^DWell First its best to know how it all^C works

^CYou got Muscles, bones, ligaments, tendons and connective^G tissue ^DThat is called the musculoskeletal system of the body^{C C}Muscles attach to the tendons which attach to the bo^Gnes ^DJoints connect bones to bones with ligaments and joint capsul^Ces

^CMuscle is composed of many strands fascic^Gles ^DEach fascicle of fasciculi which are microscopic bundles of muscle ^Cfibers ^CMuscle fibers are composed of thread like myofibr^Gils ^DThese myofibrils contract and lengthen^C

^CThe myofibrils are composed of glands called sarcomeres, laid end en^Gd ^DThey are overlapping thin and thick filaments of protei^Cns ^CNerves send electricity the muscles in neuromuscular junct^Gions ^D An electrical signal stimulates the flow of calcium in the muscle causing the sarcomeres to s^Clide

^CWhen the Sarcomeres shortens the muscle contor^Gts ^DWhen billions of muscles fibers shorten the entire muscle contra^Ccts ^CNot all fibers contract only the enough to move t^Ghe load ^DWhen stretched some fibers stretch other remain at r^Cest

^CFull stretch happens when the Sarcomeres when all are stretche^Gd ^DNow the brain/neural component The muscle spindle records the stre^Ctch. ^CIt tries to contact to stop it Then the GTO (golgi te^Gndon organ) ^D makes the brain send a stretch signal when too much muscle tension^C

^CA double fail safe system, Now Did you get all t^Ghat ^DRemember this is just the basic Phys^Ciology ^CDo you really think this is all just a lucky a^Gccident ^DOr we might be design^Ced ^G