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The Science of Stretching

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Ken Campbell
RN, NP-C, PKP
Two Rivers Health
Binghamton, NY
Medical Volunteer

Seminar is offered:
Friday August 15th, 1 Time
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Participants will learn:
Participants will learn how to increase your flexibility and overall athletic performance with proper stretching. Participants will learn about some dangerous, old-school stretching excercises that absolutely need to be avoided as well as the best, scientifically based excercises that are proven to increase flexibility, enhance performance and help athletes avoid injuries.

See complete seminar description below.
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Seminar supports Training Tracks and Member Development Programs
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Supplemental Materials Available At The Seminar:
Additional Information and Services
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The medical and scientific community have now documented and confirmed via valid scientific studies, the  impact that stretching and flexibility has on athletic performance.

Seminar content has been reviewed by a Technical Advisory Committee member and deemed valuable enough that Instructors may consider changing the way they run their classes after evaluating the scientific data. 

Any member or non-member athlete can benefit and improve their performance by applying the latest scientific findings that are revealed in this enlightening seminar.

The information presented has been drawn from more than 1,000 reputable scientific and/or medical articles on stretching with special attention to about 100 articles that relate to stretching and athletic performance. Many of the articles have been published within the last 6 months, and many as recent as 2 months ago.

Participants will leave this seminar armed with the latest and greatest scientific data that has been compiled on the subject of stretching and flexibility to date.

Seminar Topics include:

The history and science behind stretching

• Myths and facts about stretching
• The latest sports medicine research on -
• Stretching and speed and reaction time
• Stretching and flexibility
• Stretching and power

Best stretching plan to get maximum athletic performance.

Best stretching plan to get maximum flexibility.

The 3 layers of the stretch

• Skin
• Fascia
• Muscle 

Factors impacting muscle function

• Skin Stress receptors
• Sustained Muscle failure
• MyoFascial adhesions
• Hypertonic Muscles
• Reactive Muscles
• Strain Counter strain

Other factors impacting muscle function

• Traumatic patterns
• Subconscious patterns
• Nutrition & other patterns