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What stretching actually does to your body ft. Sofie Dossi

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Sofie’s video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=790uPstACBE
Sofie’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF0_hwTeQ73IhJuEtsUbEtA
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Ever wondered, what does stretching do to your muscles and your body? What in the best way to stretch? Science has some answers.

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Michael K. Rowley, Biomechanist: www.facebook.com/kmichaelrowley

Beighton Score Test: https://www.ehlers-danlos.com/assessing-joint-hypermobility/
Check out USC's other Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy research: pt.usc.edu

Creator: Dianna Cowern
Editing: Jabril Ashe
Research: Sophia Chen

Thanks to:
Sofie Dossi, Zak Dossi, and K. Michael Rowley!

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Sources:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29506306
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16845345
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27367916
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3273886/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18518669
http://medind.nic.in/jau/t06/jaut06p3.pdf
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4769315/

More interesting reading:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2371707/

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