What does stretching your muscles have to do with weight loss?
Have you ever had a sore muscle and attempted to stretch it only to feel even more soreness? Have you ever had a massage and had the masseuse focus on one area and work it until it loosened? The reason for the soreness is because the muscle is torn, knotted and excited. Not excited like you and I may traditionally think about excitement, but muscle excitation is where the neurons in your muscle are continually sending out messages to keep the muscle under tension. This happens when a muscle is sore or over-worked as a protective measure to avoid over stretching or straining of the muscle.
The pressure of the stretching and massaging causes the relaxation of the tendon and muscle, once it is relaxed the muscle fibers will work to re-align themselves so that proper muscular posture is achieved reducing the risk of strain or injury. Constant stretching of over worked or sore muscles is crucial when exercising. During weight loss your body is changing shape and redistributing weight. Making sure that your muscles are prepared to adapt is paramount.
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When you ignore stretching your muscles will knot up and your range of motion will reduce significantly. When range of motion is reduced the risk of strain and injury increase drastically. Muscle pulls can de-rail your exercise for weeks or even months depending on the severity. While you are losing weight on our FIT Medical Weight Loss program be sure to stretch for 15 minutes a day. This will keep you healthy and allow your muscles to adapt and improve your posture as your weight and figure change.
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