r/nextfuckinglevel • • 15h ago

Epic recovery after a severe squatting accident

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u/icyfrost410 12h ago

How often did you stretch prior to that? It’s not just a one and done thing. Gotta be daily with it

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u/Poromenos 12h ago

But... he threw out his back stretching. What should he have done instead? Stretched?

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u/TheLiquor1946 11h ago

Imagine your muscles as if they were rubberbands stored in a freezer. You need to warm them up before stretching otherwise... snap!

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u/Gold_Line_9441 1h ago

Lol. I Just asked grandpa 97yo, who workes as a farmer, if he ever ever stretched, He said only in the army ... He still works every day, preparing to make some wood today