Stretching & Flexibility Table of Contents

• Stretching and Flexibility Table of Contents
• About the Author and Other Information
• Physiology of Stretching
• The Musculoskeletal System
• Muscle Composition
• How Muscles Contract
• Fast and Slow Muscle Fibers
• Connective Tissue
• Cooperating Muscle Groups
• Types of Muscle Contractions
• What Happens When You Stretch
• Proprioceptors
• The Stretch Reflex
• Components of the Stretch Reflex
• The Lengthening Reaction
• Reciprocal Inhibition
• Flexibility
• Types of Flexibility
• Factors Limiting Flexibility
• How Connective Tissue Affects Flexibility
• How Aging Affects Flexibility
• Strength and Flexibility
• Why Bodybuilders Should Stretch
• Why Contortionists Should Strengthen
• Overflexibility
• Types of Stretching
• Ballistic Stretching
• Dynamic Stretching
• Active Stretching
• Passive Stretching
• Static Stretching
• Isometric Stretching
• How Isometric Stretching Works
• PNF Stretching
• How PNF Stretching Works
• How to Stretch
• Warming Up
• General Warm-Up
• Joint Rotations
• Aerobic Activity
• Warm-Up Stretching
• Static Warm-Up Stretching
• Dynamic Warm-Up Stretching
• Sport-Specific Activity
• Cooling Down
• Massage
• Elements of a Good Stretch
• Isolation
• Leverage
• Risk
• Some Risky Stretches
• Duration, Counting, and Repetition
• Breathing During Stretching
• Exercise Order
• When to Stretch
• Early-Morning Stretching
• Stretching With a Partner
• Stretching to Increase Flexibility
• Pain and Discomfort
• Common Causes of Muscular Soreness
• Stretching with Pain
• Overstretching
• Performing Splits
• Common Problems When Performing Splits
• The Front Split
• The Side Split
• Split-Stretching Machines
• References on Stretching
• Recommendations
• Additional Comments
• Working Toward the Splits
• Lower Back Stretches
• Lying Buttock Stretch
• Groin and Inner-Thigh Stretch
• Seated Leg Stretches
• Seated Calf Stretch
• Seated Hamstring Stretch
• Seated Inner-Thigh Stretch
• Psoas Stretch
• Quadricep Stretch
• Lying V Stretch
• Normal Ranges of Joint Motion
• Neck
• Lumbar Spine
• Shoulder
• Elbow
• Wrist
• Hip
• Knee
• Ankle