why is stretching slightly painful and why is that good for us?
In: Biology
You’re register slight pain from stretching a muscle through two organs, muscle spindle organs and golgi tendon organs. Stimulation to those organs begins as a dull ache.
It’s neither good nor bad for us on it’s own. It’s just an alert to the length and tension on our muscles so that we don’t exceed what’s safe. But if your muscle is overly shortened and tight, stretching is good for bringing an ideal neutral length back to the muscle, but first you have to experience the aching of that tightness releasing.
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