document updated 16 years ago, on Aug 17, 2007
Rachel asserts that stretching after a workout will reduce sore muscles, and is just generally
recommended. So, possible scientific evidence for or against that claim:
- of course, there's the wikipedia article, which mostly focuses on increases in range-of-motion, not on recovery or muscle growth.
- Delayed onset muscle soreness, AHHH, that's what I'm feeling. Yeah, it's not right away.
- and that basically says the systematic review of different studies shows that it doesn't help much at all
- basically for