Flexibility Pearls — zaichik
Shoulder Injuries? Scapula mobilization may be the reason why…
Posted by Paul Zaichik on
Overhead shoulder flexibility training and shoulder injuries when the scapula is not properly mobilized. This blog post is in response to questions about the previous blog post where I talked about shoulder flexibility and correlation to neck and head pain....
What is the best one hamstrings stretch?
Posted by Paul Zaichik on
Paul, just give me one good stretch for the hamstrings! That I can use with my students. This is a question that I got from a martial arts instructor who has purchasedmultiple programs and has seen success with them for...
Can My Hamstrings Get Flexible Without Stretching?
Posted by Paul Zaichik on
I heard that you can get your hamstring flexible without stretching it. Is that true? Many people are interested in the hamstring flexibility and this question of “Can my hamstrings get flexible without stretching?” has been asked numerous times over...
Tight hamstrings? Are your hamstrings very tight? This special stretching technique will release them!
Posted by Paul Zaichik on
Special stretching technique for people with very tight hamstrings. Over the past 8 years I have been researching the proper sequence for optimal forward bending and back bending progression. I wanted to develop exact scientific, tested flexibility sequences that EasyFlexibility...
Advantages of isolating muscles when stretching vs stretching multiple muscles at the same time.
Posted by Paul Zaichik on
Like many other blog posts this one comes from repeated questions that I would like to answer. First of all, what is the difference between an isolated stretch versus non-isolated stretch? Let's look at concrete examples: A standard lunge stretch...