[ELI5] Why does stretching feel so good?
In: Biology
Everyone is mentioning the feel good chemicals that come after the stretching itself. The chemicals come because your body is rewarding you for doing something that is good for it.
Why is it good for it you ask?
What do you in bed after you’ve woken up (easy there creepers), you stretch, which wakes up the muscles and sends fluids into them to get them ready to work as they have been dormant for a decent time.
Stretching during, or after a big day is the same, certain muscles get neglected or overused during the day and don’t go through their full range of motion.
When you stretch, you wake those dormant muscles up and relieve the opposing muscles that are fatigued (when you flex the bicep, the tricep must relax as an example).
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