MUSCULAR FASCIA STRETCHING
I promised to give you some interesting training programs within the next month. Today we will consider a training program, which is popular in the Unites States and focuses on higher-level athletes. It's called FST-7 (Fascia Stretch Training-Seven). Its advocate is Hany Rambod.
GENERAL THEORY: FASCIA
This training program is aimed at the STRETCHING OF MUSCLE FASCIAS, which play the role of a “CASE” for muscle fibers. In other words, many organs, vessels, nerves and muscle fibers are not just hanging in our body, but are located in the CASE, MADE OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE, which is called FASCIA (from lat. fascia - band, strip). This case performs PROTECTIVE and SUPPORT functions.
How does it work? FASCIA consists of
- HIGH-DENSITY COLLAGEN FIBERS
- ELASTIN
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