A new way to look at mobilizing

I’m going to propose a new way to look at mobility, and in particular the stretches, mobilizations and other tortures we dream up for you all:

End Range Stretching: This is where the muscles involved are taken to the very limit of their length. The couch stretch is an excellent example of end stretching.

Mashing: This is sort of a catch all category that involves anything to do with foam rolling, lacrosse ball work and other things that involve breaking up muscle tissue.

Positional Inhibition Stretching: This type of stretching is where you are trying to achieve better position by ensuring that joints work through there correct range of motion and are in approximately the right place.

These are generalizations and some stretches may end up in different categories, and we’ll explore that.

I’m also going to be explaining some of these definitions in the coming days as well as how we recommend mobilizing certain movement, so keep an eye out for that.