- Improve preparation for athletic activity. (Warm-up stretches facilitate increased blood shunting to muscles, increased body temperature, reduced muscle tension, heightened neuromuscular integration, and improved connective tissue pliability.)
- Enhance athletic performance. (Optimal flexibility requires less energy expenditure, allowing for increased stamina and enhances speed, agility, and strength.)
- Reduce spasms, splinting, and tension.
- Recover more quickly from athletic activity. (Muscle stiffness is reduced as excess lactic acid buildup is removed.)
- Maximize potential and level of athletic performance. (Athletes increase their career span by reaching peak performance sooner and sustaining it longer.)
Active Isolated Stretching
Active Isolated Stretching (AIS) is often helpful for areas where traditional "static" stretching just doesn't yield results. AIS has become one of the methods of stretching most used by today's athletes, massage therapists, personal/athletic trainers, and professionals. Active Isolated Stretching allows the body to repair itself and also to prepare for daily activity. The Active Isolated Stretching technique involves actively moving through a very specific range of motion to best isolate the muscle one wants to stretch, then holding each stretch for only two seconds, and repeating seven to ten times. This method of stretching is known to work with the body's natural physiological makeup to improve circulation and increase the elasticity of muscle, joints, and fascia. This method can be done with a practitioner, but also by one's self, using a rope or yoga strap to help.
Private Assisted Stretching Sessions are individualized to address your body’s specific needs and goals. A combination of AIS and PNF modalities are used providing you with a comprehensive flexibility session.
During your session you will be working, using your own body’s resistance, contracting muscles as we manually lengthen them in various muscle patterns specific to you. During the session your body is worked through all planes of movement, optimizing alignment, strength and range of motion.
- Improve flexibility and health of muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
- Invigorate the circulatory, respiratory, and neuromuscular systems.
- Alleviate many of the symptoms of stress.
- Creates mechanical, bioelectrical and bio-chemical responses that promote improved circulation, increased oxygenation, and a more efficient nervous system.
- Facilitate the flow of lymphatic fluid that allows the body to channel waste and toxic products out of the body. (Improved oxygenation eliminates carbon dioxide formation and improved circulation eliminates lactic acid buildup.)
- Reduce risk of muscle, tendon, ligament, and joint injuries, such as strain and tear.
- Reduce postural tightness due to aging.
- Rehabilitate muscles, tendons, and ligaments where there are injuries.
Facilitated Stretching
Facilitated Stretching (also known as PNF stretching) is another very effective alternative to standard "static" stretching. It is a safe and easy-to-use method that involves stretching the muscle, contracting it isometrically against resistance, then stretching it again to a new range of motion. It works with a couple of fundamental physiological principles that govern how muscles work to encourage themt to a more normal length.
Benefits of Stretching
