Stretching Benefits

Concept of Passive Stretching

In passive stretching, you stay in one position for a set time. While doing passive stretching, a partner, accessory, or prop puts external pressure on your body to intensify the stretch; thus, you can relax. You can simply use the floor or a wall to intensify the stretch. It is a kind of static stretching where you stay in a position and allow your muscles to relax while an external force is applied to your limb. If you are looking to start with passive stretching at home, you can opt for plenty of stretches that can be performed by using your own body weight or with the floor and a wall.

Advantages of Passive Stretching

By incorporating passive stretching into your workout routine, you will get the following benefits.

1. Reduced Risk of Injury

If done correctly, passive stretching can help you reduce the risk of injuries in your everyday life. If your muscles are tight, they will restrict your range of motion, making you more likely to injure yourself. This may lead to injuries from things such as – making the muscle painfully restricted, doing repetitive motion at work, injuring the muscle if it cannot stretch that far, and going beyond your range of motion in everyday activities.

1. Improved Mobility and Flexibility

In order to increase the individual range of motion of your joints, you keep moving them in various directions while stretching. Since you hold these positions for longer in passive stretching, it allows more benefits such as – increased flexibility in joints, muscles, and ligaments, less tension and pain in the body, increased mobility and range of motion, and relief from everyday discomfort and tightness that comes with repetitive motion or sitting.

1. Health Benefits

Passive stretching also provides some benefits you may not experience immediately but will have long-term results. Passive stretching helps you improve blood flow to your muscles and joints. Thus your joints and muscles will stay healthier and mobile for a longer period of time. With increased endorphins production, passive stretching makes you feel less stressed in several other aspects of your life.

1. Great Method of Cool-Down

Most of us prefer grabbing a chair or simply lying down after some heavy cardio. Unfortunately, if you do that, you will suffer from the lactic acid that gets built up in your muscles. There are several advantages of stretching post-workout. It is a great way of cool-down because there are no extra laps around the track; you can just slow your breathing and work out the kinks, ensuring a quick recovery.