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The first of our discussion points from Running Repairs Online went down a storm with a great response from people sharing their views on diagnosis and its importance. If you haven’t seen that you can watch the video and find out more here. Today we follow it up with a topic many runners love to hate… stretching!
What do you think, should runners stretch? What are the benefits? Could they be using their time for something else? Join the discussion on Facebook or via the hashtag #RROStretching on Twitter. There’s been some good responses to this one!
In the video below I share my views on stretching and whether it can help performance, injury risk or muscle soreness. I draw on recent research from Baxter et al. (2017) which is a great overview of a complex topic.
One area where we know stretching can actually make things worse is in lateral hip pain. It’s a common mistake in managing this condition. We explore more mistakes and how to fix them in our free webinar series on lateral hip pain, which you can access here.
