Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-279) and index.
General Joint Physiology -- Concepts -- Joint types -- Factors affecting joint mobility -- Factors affecting muscle tension -- Stretching during immobilization -- Physiotherapy treatments prior to stretching superficial heat/deep heat/application of cold/massage/vibration -- Stretching in sports warm-up/cooling down -- Circulation during stretching -- Effect of stretching on muscle pain after exertion -- Effect of strengthening exercises on muscle stiffness -- Effect of stretching on muscle strength -- Effect of stretching on tendons -- Importance of back flexibility to body function -- Factors affecting flexibility body structure/age/heredity and gender/time of day -- Muscle-tendon system structure -- Physiology of stretching effects on fascia/effects on joint ligaments/effects on tendons/effects on nerves -- Neurophysiology of stretching nerve supply to the muscle-tendon system -- Stretch research electrical activity in muscles during stretching/viscosity and resistance in connective tissue during stretching -- Active stretching -- Static stretching repetition and duration/ankle flexion/hip flexion/application of static stretching technique -- Active assisted stretching -- Contract-relax stretching technique -- Contract-relax and agonist tension stretch -- Dynamic stretching -- Ballistic stretching -- Comparison of stretching techniques -- Conclusions of stretching research -- Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation PNF -- Muscle energy technique MET.
Strain and counter-strain --Functional stretching -- Stretching in physiotherapy muscle injury/muscle cramp/recovery following fracture and surgery/burns/spasticity associated with brain trauma/joint inflammation/limited joint mobility/muscle shortening in lower extremity/tennis elbow/chronic back pain -- Complications of stretching and their prevention pain due to irritation of joint receptors/strains/hypermobility/nerve trauma/autonomic hyper-reflex/damage to blood vessels/damage to vertebral discs/risk of fracture -- Stretching as prevention -- Factors affecting effectiveness of stretching techniques -- Measuring stretch sensation -- Measuring stretch force -- Subjective and objective muscle tension -- Motivation -- Index to stretching techniques -- Muscles and their stretching techniques -- References -- Index.
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"This textbook contains valuable information for physiotherapists, masseurs, physical education instructors and teachers, trainers, coaches, medical doctors, osteopaths, sportsmen and all those who use stretching in their work." "This book contains a review of research into the effects of stretching, and comparisons of different stretching techniques. The theoretical background and physiologic mechanisms are also explained. Colour photographs show clearly how stretching is applied while anatomical drawings illustrate the location and direction of the muscles treated so that correct hand positions can be readily adopted and the direction of the stretch is clear. Both static and tension-relaxation stretching techniques are described and special attention is given to possible complications and contraindications. The textbook contains over 160 colour photographs and over 200 drawings."--BOOK JACKET.
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