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                        STRETCHING AND FLEXIBILITY:

                    Everything you never wanted to know

                              (Part 1 of 4)

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                             by Brad Appleton

                   Version: 1.36, Last Modified 96/01/09


              Copyright (C) 1993-1996 by Bradford D. Appleton

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                                DISCLAIMER

The techniques, ideas, and suggestions in this document are not intended as
a substitute for proper medical advice! Consult your physician or health
care professional before performing any new exercise or exercise technique,
particularly if you are pregnant or nursing, or if you are elderly, or if
you have any chronic or recurring conditions. Any application of the
techniques, ideas, and suggestions in this document is at the reader's sole
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Section Contents

• News Headers
• What's New This Month
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• Disclaimer
• Acknowledgements
• About the Author
• 1 - Physiology of Stretching
• 1.1 - The Musculoskeletal System
• 1.2 - Muscle Composition
• 1.2.1 - How Muscles Contract
• 1.2.2 - Fast and Slow Muscle Fibers
• 1.3 - Connective Tissue
• 1.4 - Cooperating Muscle Groups
• 1.5 - Types of Muscle Contractions
• 1.6 - What Happens When You Stretch
• 1.6.1 - Proprioceptors
• 1.6.2 - The Stretch Reflex
• 1.6.2.1 - Components of the Stretch Reflex
• 1.6.3 - The Lengthening Reaction
• 1.6.4 - Reciprocal Inhibition

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