Stretching prevents injury. That idea was drilled into my head at an early age, and I can’t quite get rid of it.

Since I was a child, my P.E. teachers and coaches preached the virtue of stretching so consistently, that the pre-game stretch became almost like a religious ritual. So I was shocked to find out there is no evidence stretching prevents injury. Not only that, certain kinds of stretching may hurt an athlete’s performance for up to an hour. Continue reading Scant Evidence that Stretching Prevents Injury →