Regular stretching can not only improve your posture, relieve stress, and temporarily alleviate muscle aches, but it also can improve your performance on the pitch. By not stretching regularly, you may be more susceptible to injury or have limited mobility.
Nervous System
Stretching trains the nervous system to tolerate more extreme muscle extensions without signaling that the body is in danger. Flexibility ultimately depends on how the nervous system perceives that a muscle can stretch. People under anesthesia, for example, can be stretched through the full range of motion with no resistance. This is because anesthesia shuts off the nervous system.
Flexibility
The range of motion that you are able to move in, your flexibility, can be improved by stretching. Stretching makes the body more supple and better able to deal with stresses on different muscle groups. Being flexible will give you more strength by enabling your muscles to work more effectively. After daily static stretching for 2 weeks time, there is an increase in 20% in flexion ability of the muscle.
Performance
Finally, stretching can improve your athletic performance and optimize your body to perform at its max. Stretching increases blood flow to the muscles. Regularly stretching your muscles before, during and after athletic activity will make you faster and stronger over time.
On The Pitch
Finally, stretching can improve your athletic performance and optimize your body to perform at its max. Stretching increases blood flow to the muscles. Regularly stretching your muscles before, during and after athletic activity will make you faster and stronger over time.
