Excerpt from Michael Young:
People become stiff and sore for numerous reasons. The main reason is due to the fact that the muscles tighten up and become short. What causes the muscles to do this, you may ask?
It can be from repetitive use, stress, trauma or injury, just to name a few.
When a muscle shortens, circulation is restricted and toxins cannot be removed. This causes the muscle to become sore and a person will experience stiffness in the muscle and joint. If nothing is done to lengthen that muscle, it continues to tighten. The problem will continue to worsen until the person hurts so badly that he or she seeks medical help. The physician may diagnose the problem as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Tendonitis, Sciatica, Tennis Elbow, Plantar Fasciitis, Hammer Toes, TMJ, etc.; depending upon the affected muscle.
Once a muscle becomes short and tight, that muscle is more prone to injury. As an injury and rehabilitation therapist, I can assure you that all of these problems can be avoided if each one of us would simply utilize a stretching program.
Let me ask you a question. What do babies do when they first wake up? They stretch! What do animals do when they first wake up? They stretch! Stretching is a God given instinct in all of us. However, we all get caught up in this fast paced world of ours. We rush, rush, rush, everywhere we go.
This DVD will show you how to become more flexible. It will also show you how to remain flexible for the rest of your life, all while preventing pain in your body. If you simply commit to a stretching routine every day, it will change your life for the better.
As Jim and Phil Wharton state in the Whartons’ Stretch Book, if you commit to follow a stretching routine in Active-Isolated Stretching for a 21-day trial period, “you will have made such dramatic improvements in your performance that you will never turn back.”
This DVD is formulated for you to follow right along with each stretch. If you can’t commit to a full 45 minutes a day, simply stretch the area of the body that is causing you the most problems at the time.
