Stretching Won’t Prevent Tendon Injuries

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Stretching Won’t Prevent Tendon Injuries


Tendon injuries are common in sports, and there are many schools of thought on how to avoid them. But a new analysis of past research finds that stretching doesn’t help and might even raise the risk of injury for some.

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These are injuries that affect not just elite athletes but also adults who like to exercise, and they tend to be overuse issues,” said Dr. David Geier, an orthopedic surgeon and former director of sports medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina,

“Often, if they had taken steps when they started having soreness along the patella tendon or Achilles tendon, such as taking a few days off or seeing a doctor or physical therapist, they could have limited the issue before became a much larger and more challenging problem,” Geier said.

SOURCE: 
J Sci Med Sport 2015.

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