Your hip flexor stretch stops holding after 40 and the reason has nothing to do with how much you stretch. In this episode I go through the actual stretching research and show you the number nobody hands you. How much stretching it really takes before your range of motion moves enough to count as a real change. Then I show you what happened when researchers stood those same people up and asked them to run.
I spent over twenty five years in physical therapy as a PTA before I opened my own studio and started testing the joint instead of the muscle. This is episode one in a new series on the hip.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE
Why the hip flexor stretch feels right and still does not hold
The two kinds of stretching and which one is available on every corner
What a range of motion score actually measures and why it cannot tell you where your loss is coming from
The dose response research on how much stretching it takes to see a detectable change
Why passive hip extension improved in a study and running did not change at all
What no stretching study has ever measured
What changes in your body after 40 and why the same program does not work
The study from 1991 that says mobility loss is not aging
What I actually do with a client over 40
Want to connect with me. Email me at info@thestretchmobilitycoach.com
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