Does Stretching Reduce Strength and Power?

Taking a closer look at potential negative effects of a common pre-exercise routine

Zachary Walston, PT, DPT, OCS
Better Humans
Published in
6 min readAug 14, 2021

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Despite being common in the gym and on high school practice fields, the stretching debate rages on amongst rehabilitation professionals and researchers. It is a hot topic when I teach residency and continuing education courses to physical therapists.

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