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Flexibility |
| Flexibility training is perhaps the most undervalued component of
conditioning. While recent and ongoing debate questions its role in injury
prevention, athletes can still gain much from a stretching regime |
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terms, flexibility has been defined as the range of motion about a
joint and its surrounding muscles during a passive movement (1,2). Passive
in this context simple means no active muscle involvement is required to
hold the stretch. Instead gravity or a partner provides the force for the
stretch Examples. |
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| Abdomen |
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| Trunk
Rotation |
 
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Trunk-sided Bend |
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Buttock/Lower Back |
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Quadriceps |
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| Hip
Flexor Stretches |
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| Groin |
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Hamstring Stretches |
  
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