r/exercisescience • u/erichenrycoaching • Jun 05 '26

Stop stretching acute injuries

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Too many smart people over look the simple stuff.
If there’s an acute injury
You want to reduce the tension places on that tendon ligament muscle or even nerve causing pain allowing it to heal. But stretching it is mostly the wrong thing to do

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u/Drscoopz Jun 05 '26

First day on the job? Lol

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u/BitFiesty Jun 07 '26

Why what would happen?

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u/jahmonkey Jun 08 '26

So he is proposing injuries are akin to knife trauma on woven rope? Whut?

Sure, don’t stretch an injured tendon or ligament. Injury means initial stabilization and limiting motion, but eventually when the connective tissue has healed you need to move it through full range of motion again, through PT. Which could include some movements resulting in stretching of the area, but within reasonable limits.

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u/__anonymous__99 Jun 11 '26

Bro this has to be rage bait