Stretching vs Soft Tissue Mobilization.mp4

So, what's the difference between

stretching and soft tissue mobilization?

One of the problems is we

don't define our terms.

When people say stretching,

what do you mean?

Do we mean taking myself to end range with

good organization and doing isometrics?

That's great stretching.

If I'm just sitting around near my end

range hanging on a tissue,

is that stretching?

Look, stretching is very safe and can feel

good,

but sometimes it doesn't take a system's

approach to address potential

restrictions in the entire system.

So, soft tissue mobilization

also can be a nebulous term.

We mean, is it restoring sliding surfaces?

Does it allow you

to address trigger points?

Is it improving blood flow?

Are we using it to mobilize a capsule?

All of those things can be aspects

of a simple systems approach

to soft tissue mobilization.

Typically, soft tissue

mobilization is a lot more active.

We've got isometrics, we've got contract

relax, we're integrating breathing.

But the same could be true if I was

adding those techniques to stretching.

But most of the time when people say

stretch, you know,

they go put something in and like I felt some

tension in there for an undisclosed,

undetermined range of motion

may not be as effective.

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