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Stretching ‘fails to stop muscle injury’

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article on a website
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2221716.stm
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journal
News.BBC.co.uk
year
2002
month
Aug

PainSci notes

BBC World News reports on a 2002 British Medical Journal study which cast doubt on the benefits of stretching before and after exercise as a way of reducing soreness and the risk of injury. See also Herbert for the paper, or MacAuley for something a little more substantive than the BBC News article, but more readable than the paper.

Related Content

  1. “Reducing risk of injury due to exercise: Stretching before exercise does not help,” MacAuley, British Medical Journal, 2002.
  2. “Stretching before exercise: an evidence based approach,” Shrier, British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2000.

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