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Here’s the thing: scar tissue, as in the actual fibres that were damaged and repaired, is at best only 70% as functional as non-scar tissue. Think: reduced movement, increased risk of injury, and pain. And that 70% is the best case scenario! However, uninjured tissues surrounding the scar can very much be affected by the scar - we’ll get to that. The main difference between scar tissue and healthy tissue is the arrangement of the collagen fibres: in uninjured tissue, these are arranged in a “basket weave” formation, which allows force to be distributed and transmitted evenly throughout the tissue; in a scar, the tissues arrange themselves in a single direction, which makes them less resilient. So if you keep spraining your ankle, that’s one of the reasons: the tissue has become weaker and is more likely to be re-torn (and nobody fully rehabs their sprained ankle appropriately, which is a pet peeve for another blog post someday). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/687644be1b1cac5f4655123b/1759518540539-NWC7P1E2UCESV96CQLFP/unsplash-image-jPpHpgWNCKs.jpg Blog - What is scar therapy (and why is it important)? - So, that’s not exactly what happens in our tissues, but essentially, once the bleeding has stopped and the emergency repair crew come in to merge the edges back together (I’m talking about the cells in your body, not the surgeon who stitches you up - although I guess this applies to them too), it’s a bit hard to cleanly match one layer back up to itself, so they do the best they can because ultimately, the important thing is to close the wound to prevent infection. Now, this matters because these layers we are made of are supposed to slide and glide past each other; we have a lot of bits that all need to be able to move independently. But if there is a wound, and the layers get disrupted, they’re going to catch on each other. 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Types of stretching There are several types of stretching you may have encountered: passive stretching, where you go into a set position and stay there for at least 30 seconds and up to several minutes; like a quad (thigh) stretch where you pull your heel to your bum and hold it there dynamic stretching, where you move into and out of a stretch fluidly without stopping; like kicking your heel up to your bum as you jog on the spot, or swinging your leg forwards and backwards ballistic stretching, where you "bounce" past the end range of a stretch; you most commonly see this when people can't touch their toes and they use momentum to try and get a little further - the main difference between ballistic and dynamic stretching is ballistic stretching involves a much smaller range of motion PNF stretching, where a trainer/therapist/training partner takes you into a position and then applies light resistance as you push back against them (so making you perform an isometric contraction, where your muscles are working but you're not moving), then you relax and the trainer/therapist/partner pushes you further into the stretch Misconceptions Probably the biggest misconception about stretching is that you are making a muscle longer by stretching it. If this were the case, gymnasts and yoga practitioners would either be very tall or very floppy or both (also not strictly accurate... but you get the idea). When you stretch, what you are in fact doing is encouraging the muscle tissues to elongate to their natural resting length. Another common misconception is that we are stretching muscles when we take a joint to the end of its range of motion; in fact we are applying that stretch to all the connective tissues (such as tendons and ligaments, joint capsules, and all the fascia interwoven throughout, not to mention the skin), so resistance to the stretch could be from any of those and little to do with the muscle at all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/687644be1b1cac5f4655123b/1756989844256-0IPVWJJQ88VTCB8EQ32W/unsplash-image-tYOjcQ9NzHY.jpg Blog - Do you need to stretch? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/687644be1b1cac5f4655123b/1756990007631-A4SMBGYVQ8F96CRFMND9/unsplash-image-YMVGhdhEgLY.jpg Blog - Do you need to stretch? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/687644be1b1cac5f4655123b/1756990326680-WL78SQORO8XWZ2AFR4DX/unsplash-image-CDJCAcAAPlU.jpg Blog - Do you need to stretch? So... do you need to stretch more? If you feel you are adequately strong through your existing range of motion, but maybe you can't do some of the flashy yoga poses you see on Instagram, we refer to your goals and what you're willing to do to achieve them. I underlined that bit because although it's always important, I feel it's particularly relevant to stretching. I'm not here to write a meta-analysis on the benefits of various stretching protocols, so all I'll say is that to increase your flexibility through passive stretching (which, arguably, is the way you would target all the the tissues involved in range of motion: muscles, tendons, ligaments, and all the other fascia intertwined in everything) requires a lot of time and - more importantly - consistency. What can take weeks or months of daily practice to achieve can be almost entirely reversed in a few days without stretching. 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