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Ballistic Stretching

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Ballistic Stretching
Stretching or 'warming up' using the momentum of a moving body or a limb in an attempt to force it beyond its normal range of motion, by bouncing in or out of a stretched position, using the stretched muscles as a spring to pull out of the stretched position; ballistic stretching is not considered useful and can lead to injury; it does not allow the muscles to adjust to, and relax in, the stretched position, but rather may cause them to tighten up by repeatedly activating the stretch reflex
ballistic stretching
Bouncing stretching Sports medicine Rapid, jerking movements in which a body part is moved with a momentum that would stretch the muscles to a maximum; during the bouncing motion, the muscle responds by contracting, to protect itself from overstretching
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Ballistic stretching involves repeated bouncing motions, during which the muscle and tendon are rapidly stretched and returned to resting length.
Improving Your Flexibility-Fitnees by Robert Baird / Health, general community
The most common form of this stretching type is ballistic stretching, which imposes passive momentum to increase ROM on relaxed or contracted muscles.
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Ballistic stretching, such as bouncing, tightens your muscles rather than lengthening them.
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