Stretching For FitnessWritten by Ms Namita Nayyar
An ideal fitness routine comprises of exercises to improve cardiovascular efficiency, create muscular strength and endurance along with improved suppleness .Flexibility exercises are those that serve to keep joints flexible ,especially vertebral column and its various sections. Stretching independently or as a part of a fitness routine has many beneficial effects that can be felt even during exercises themselves. In order to understand benefits of stretching or flexibility exercises, it is essential to understand how various body tissues are nourished .What happens when you stretch? As in case of muscles which recieve their nutrients directly via vascular system through rapid exchange rhythm ,there is no such active supply system for cartilage tissues covering ends of bones in joints .Cartilage instead is fed by migration of particles from joint fluid surrounding it ,know as synovial fluid . To be able to absorb synovial fluid optimally, cartilage has recourse to an alteration of pressure and suction forces . It is precisely this regular rhythmic exchange optimizing supply to cartilage that is achieved with flexibility exercises . Indulging in regular stretching exercises leads to enhanced cartilage nutrition and loosening up of all connective tissues . While performing stretching exercises both outward and inward concentration is necessary .
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