What Is the Pull and Stretch?

Flexible bodies are more resilient and less prone to fractures. Pull and Stretch helps clients regain range of motion for general health and wellness needs. 

What Does It Do?

The fascial girdle can impose a palpable degree of opposition or restriction on the movable joints and their articulations in the axial and appendicular regions.

Pull and Stretch locates and addresses these areas of reduced flexibility or painful loss of flexibility. It takes the joint through range of motion while offering a counter force or opposition stretch to the fascia which is hampered in movement or function.

When Should You Use It?

When used as part of a sports massage, this technique can help athletes reduce muscle and tendon injuries and improve performance with less effort. It can help prevent muscle and tendon injuries in sports that require acceleration and deceleration by familiarizing or exposing muscles and fascia to a significant grade of stretching and load without fear of injury.

Orthopedic surgeries may need to stabilize joint articulations during the recovery phase. Pull and Stretch can be part of that recovery and help restore normal range of motion and a normal resting length to muscles and fascia.

Rotator cuff injuries and frozen shoulder (adhesive capsulitis) generate a defensive splinting response that reduces range of motion. Pull and Stretch can safely make space in the joint articulation promoting or restoring range of movement and function.

For a new yoga practitioner with a lack of flexibility, Pull and Stretch can make asanas or postures more comfortable. It can even help seasoned pros improve their stretch. 

Geriatric clients can feel empowered by applying Pull and Stretch to stuck articulation. Even a small amount of recovered flexibility can be life enhancing.

Lesson Summary

Flexible bodies are less likely to experience fractures and more resilient. Pull and Stretch is a technique used to help clients regain range of motion for their general health and wellness needs. Here's what you need to know:

• The fascial girdle can restrict movable joints in the body.
• Pull and Stretch locates areas of reduced flexibility or painful loss of flexibility and addresses them.
• It involves taking the joint through a range of motion while offering a counterforce stretch to the fascia to improve movement.

When should you consider using Pull and Stretch?

• In sports massages to help athletes reduce muscle and tendon injuries and enhance performance with less effort.
• After orthopedic surgeries to stabilize joint articulations during the recovery phase and restore normal range of motion.
• For conditions like rotator cuff injuries and frozen shoulder, where it can promote or restore range of movement and function.
• For new yoga practitioners to make postures more comfortable and for seasoned pros to improve their stretch.
• For geriatric clients to empower them by enhancing flexibility, even in small increments.