It looks very plausible that stretching before you exercise doesn’t do much for you. Multiple older surveys suggested this.
Annoyingly, the studies linked in the previous paragraph are 2 decades old, and somehow I can’t find a large, well controlled, trial.
Probably, possibly, plausibly, etc all make me believe stretching DOES reduce injury.
Note these methods are enough to support/detect effects of other safety practices.
Science isn’t certain. We make mistakes. The rule ‘doubt all who hedge’ is how we get the republican party.
not how science works
Unfortunately this kind of science really sucks because there are just so many variables to account for, and it’s impossible to do a blind study.
This is a topic where there’s basically guaranteed to be conflicting results in different trials.
For sure. That’s kind of my point. Scientists being careful with their language and not making strong claims doesn’t indicate that they are wrong.
yeah unless they examine the muscles and ligaments pre and post its going to be kinda pants.