Why You Get Tight After Stretching (and How to Fix It)

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Why You Get Tight After Stretching (and How to Fix It)

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Wonder why you always get tight after stretching? Why do you feel like you lose flexibility after you're done stretching? Find out why you always seem to get stiff after stretching and how to fix it.
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ABOUT THIS VIDEO
If you use static stretching to improve your flexibility, you may have gotten frustrated when you tighten back up. No matter how many times you stretch, you feel like you get tight and stiff again. The key to improving your range of motion is to build strength at every length. You don't want to just relax into every stretch. In this video you'll learn why "relaxing" into a stretch alone often isn't enough. You'll also learn strategies to get more flexible that will turbocharge your flexibility training.
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@Uprighthealth 2 жыл бұрын

What part of your body do you find always gets tight? Drop me a comment!👇

@swedeyu 2 жыл бұрын

My low back is always my problem. It is very painful trying to do a cobra or other things like that.

@elizabethrash7370 2 жыл бұрын

Hamstrings, gluts

@justtracy1832 2 жыл бұрын

Neck and shoulders for me.

@richkgmail997 2 жыл бұрын

Legs and glutes. Especially hamstrings. I also find rolling - on various rollers, including, curved Rollga's and softer rollers such as the OPTP soft roller and some of the melt rollers (which are medium hard) are helpful in assisting flexibility gains locked in. I do rolling all over my body and especially on the legs. I've got this down to about 6-8 minutes/day as part of the stretch program.

@mohammadaman175 2 жыл бұрын

Left rotator cuff

@daisymay9236 2 жыл бұрын

I worked with Raiders, Rams,49ers back in the early 90's. YOU know your stuff! Refreshing to see such a professional and sharing ur wisdom. A++

@Uprighthealth 2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that!

@mononokehime3182 2 жыл бұрын

Now I know why some parts of my body kept getting more flexible while some didn't. It seems so obvious, no wonder why I feel so dumb to learn this. I feel dumb, but I'm now smarter, and that's thanks to you. God bless you, man.

@littlevoice_11 2 жыл бұрын

What you eat can also cause inflammation and reduced flexibility as well as joint pain. This is in part due to chronic inflammation from processed refined foods, high levels of omega 6, transfat and sugar. Also acrylamide and AGEs found in fried food or formed in roasting processes make collagen fibres to loose their elasticity properties

@AFoodReview Жыл бұрын

So glad I found this channel, I've been depressed and as a result my muscles have been so stiff and tight and it's been making the depression worst. Now this has given me some hope. Thank you.

@dessiecoder2116 5 ай бұрын

Hey same here! out of the blue my legs/ ankles felt stiff when walking. Stretching and strengthening plan in motion. This stiffness is awful.

@AFoodReview 5 ай бұрын

@@dessiecoder2116Hey I'm sending love your way!!

@KimSheward 11 ай бұрын

Reciprocal Inhabitation: Contract count of 5, relax stretch 5 count. repeat 3-5 times each muscle. Thanks Matt love your vids!

@wendyberdan7830 2 жыл бұрын

This is soooo good! I was thinking this week, why am I so stiff every time I stretch? I used to be very flexible. Now I’m going to use your wisdom to get back to my flexibility! And I’m going to share this!

@brendismuke8149 2 жыл бұрын

Matt, Thank you so much for what you are doing! I am trying to relearn the Asian squat. But, it is tough at an older age. This helps so much!

@Uprighthealth 2 жыл бұрын

You can do it!

@ndjubilant8391 2 жыл бұрын

I have very high arches. I thought there were no stretches I could do and I would just have to wear very thick orthotics inside of custom made shoes. When a crisis happened and I could no longer get funding for orthotics and shoes I went looking for anything new to feel better. I tried physiotherapy and learned about dry needling. I hated it. So I was even more determined to get better feet mobility. Guess what helped me? Asian squatting. Crazy but true. The ankle stretches in order to help me Asian squat * helped me get more flexibility and movement in my feet overall *

@florentinosanchez3969 2 ай бұрын

You are god, Thank you so much for making your videos explaining things nobody clearly explains

@JoeBoutilier 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for explaining something I have wondered and worried about for 25 years! Keep up the great information!

@Uprighthealth 2 жыл бұрын

You bet!

@Shoto519 4 ай бұрын

My tip is consistency. Progress is not linear. Ive noticed this some days sleep have Been bad or i have been streching hard and The muscle have doms or muscle feels tired. Sleep is such a thing it increases pain tolerance and makes us be more active and feel better streching reaching deeper. On days i sleept bad i cant push as hard but its still good time to strech, maybe not do more than yesterday. Also incoperate rest days to give muscle and nervous system chance of recovery and incoperate mobility and every day Movement is gona help to Learn to use your muscles more effective in different range of motion. Dont let result encurage you, eventuelly you get passed platue and reach new depths. Like i said its not linear somedays you simple will be more stiff for various reason. IF you streched hard one day take a Easy strech or rest completly. You just do some Movement to loosen up The muscles. Youll get there constiency is The most important aspect

@steveoverstreet5635 2 жыл бұрын

Long comment, hopefully helpful. I think video helps me understand a good thing that happened to my abs. A few months ago, I was given a course of “sciatica fixers” and was told to suck my gut in - but keep breathing while I did this. The “fixers” were similar to a number of exercises Matt has described. Anyhow I couldn’t get the gut to work at first, so I stopped worrying about it. A couple of months later, still following the routine, I suddenly noticed my abs were contracting “on their own.” I think this because they had to in order for the other stretches (targeting the hamstrings and glutes mostly.) Years ago I had been given an abs program which just happened to incorporate exercises much like my “sciatica fixers.” It’s a funny thing, but “strengthening core muscles” comes more from improving hamstrings and glutes, than from simply trying to improve the “tummy tighteners”, I.e, the abs.

@giakhalsa7971 2 жыл бұрын

This is such an excellent concept. I never heard of it before. And I have some successes on my body and it is because I was doing this and not knowing it. In other parts of my body are not so good because I have not been doing it. Now I know. Thank you so much I love your videos❤️❤️❤️❤️

@mohammadaman175 2 жыл бұрын

Static stretch doesn’t work for me. I flex like body builders around 30 minutes a week. I not only feel more “stretchy” but also I feel a better mind and muscle connection. Give it a try

@RickEmc2 2 жыл бұрын

Isometric stretching. A good book that covers this and other methods is "Stretching Scientifically" by Thomas Kurz. For anyone interested in a deeper dive into the how and why of flexibility.

@douglasbrandt4068 Жыл бұрын

I work for IKEA, and I recognize the GLADOM round side table at the end of your TV console! You "technically" have the top tray upside down, but lots of people do that. Lol The design is intended to double as a portable serving tray or lap tray while sitting. 🥰. Anyway, absolutely LOVE your content. As a healthy but "skinny yet flabby" man starting out his fifties, with little to no prior fitness experience, your videos are incredibly helpful, despite the unintended side effect of making me regret not concerning myself with mobility earlier in life. Lol But again, love your content, especially love your humor and gentle approach to getting life together.

@PettyBlue1 6 ай бұрын

My exact problem! I used to be very flexible, but now thst I am slightly older, the more I stretch, the stiffer I feel the next day. This is going to be useful!

@cychan.tkd.krt_ 2 жыл бұрын

Contract and relax stretching goes by other names such as PNF or isometric stretching. Please correct me if I’m wrong 🙈

@Nunak91 2 жыл бұрын

Cont-relax is one of the methods of PNF. PNF is a broader term. Isometric stretching is just holding the stretch position. Isometric means that length of the muscle stays the same.

@nessiemupfeki 2 жыл бұрын

U r right @cychan627, it is PNF

@donnamayoh1196 2 жыл бұрын

What does PNF stand for?

@lizj5740 2 жыл бұрын

@@donnamayoh1196 Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (according to www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3588663/).

@Alex-lj2kt Жыл бұрын

What I have learned is that doing the right thing for 20m every day and then f****** it up for the rest of the day is a sure fire way to achieve very little very slowly. Posture is essential.

@aaronjohnson6622 Жыл бұрын

Should we stretch when tight from stretching? I'm tight from stretching. Not sure how much I should stretch. When I don't stretch, I'm in pain. When I do stretch I become more tight and in more pain

@cg7926 2 жыл бұрын

Im so proud of u having fai back then and be so healthy now,

@imho2278 7 ай бұрын

Get the stretch. Then, once stretching, push back on it while holding the posture.

@CTX50 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this outstanding video, Matt! This makes such perfect sense!

@Uprighthealth 2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

@bfl4202 2 жыл бұрын

Matt...You are the best. All your videos make absolute sense and they are so helpful to getting back to flexiblity....thank youuuuuu.

@63jlward63 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@thehumanpractice2985 2 жыл бұрын

I think most people would really benefit from know that keeping a deep and relaxed breathing is benefitial in and out of the gym, 99% of the time. I discovered that integrating exercises for Physical Rehab, Modern training methods, Martial Arts and Yoga. It aaaall comes back to breathing

@imho2278 7 ай бұрын

Fasciculations show the muscles have worked.

@patriciapiper6294 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Wonderful Matt, I kind of gave up on stretching for a while because of exactly what you described!!! Now I shall return with insider info. I can create my own routine that I can accomplish without so much pain as before!!! You read my mind!! I'm going to have to shovel this winter and need to be ready. You speak my language.♥️. Thankyou.

@theodorakarr4337 11 ай бұрын

Hello ! Thanks for your veeery helpful video . I was just wondering, if I'm doing the wall splits (laying down and opening legs like splitting) can I add small weights in my legs ? Will this help prevent stiffness after stretching? I'd really love to hear if it's worth trying cause I've been doing this static stretch for a long time and I'm only getting stiffer

@potapotapotapotapotapota 2 жыл бұрын

Let me get this right, the hamstrings get tight during a forward lean because they are trying to stop you from collapsing at the hip, or in other words - the stretch reflex. But you can turn off the stretch reflex through loaded stretching and strengthening the muscle at full range of motion? Is that also why when you get a massage you feel good and stretchy but the moment you activate the stretch reflex all that tightness comes back again?

@ejcc323 2 жыл бұрын

is the Contract & Relax called PNF?

@mariahur8370 2 жыл бұрын

Magnesium+water

@kristinesprunger6416 2 жыл бұрын

This explains so much! Thank you!

@cathygordon4317 2 жыл бұрын

Doc. Why do i get sore and tight AFTER a hot bath? I have tried Epsom salt, it doesn't work. I'm i going to have to cool my water? I hope not, i like it hot!

@StevieJCelloKid 10 ай бұрын

So what are some other contract-relax exercises that can help strengthen and stretch at the same time? How can I convert static stretches for the inner thighs, hamstrings, quads, and others into contract-relax exercises?

@GerrieJGoh Жыл бұрын

I do yoga everyday. This helps

@lydia160 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the information!👍💯

@Uprighthealth 2 жыл бұрын

No problem 👍

@RichRich1955 2 жыл бұрын

So I did a lot of cycling and always lifted the right leg over the bicycle when mounting it but had the external snapping hip on the left side. Hmmmm.

@urgonusla1450 2 жыл бұрын

Great stuff, thanks! ✌

@Uprighthealth 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@karenpiraneo5426 2 жыл бұрын

Check out Somatic exercises. I do these after doing all of Matt's great exercises! It teaches your brain how to remember how to contract and release very tight muscles. Been doing it for years and has helped a lot. Thanks Matt!

@SuperRuss26 5 ай бұрын

But how do I know if my muscle is weak? Say for instance I can do a single leg deadlift with weight for certain number of reps. Are my hamstrings + glutes strong? They are still tight after. Or is it about how many reps I do that indicates strength ? Say I’m only doing 10 reps with a weight, should I be doing 15-30? Is it reps that indicate strength? Now at the moment I can do 40kg single leg deadlift with 3 sec down 1 sec up and I work till failure. Is that too much and should I be pushing to failure with loaded stretching? I’m confused

@brendismuke8149 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@Uprighthealth 2 жыл бұрын

Welcome!

@joanowens7941 2 жыл бұрын

You're so smart. I love your videos!

@Uprighthealth 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@cpa1948 2 жыл бұрын

I cannot raise my feet using the front toe. Can you show me how to do it

@janetcannon9842 Жыл бұрын

Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation - I believe that is another name for contract/ relax. 😁 Not as easy to remember or say though.

@imho2278 7 ай бұрын

Fasciculations tend to happen when a muscle is not sufficiently strengthened. Give it time.

@sabrinabrogle2025 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!,

@Iamolivialondon Жыл бұрын

Thankyou!

@jintzie1950jth 2 жыл бұрын

Is this related to a frozen hip? Is there such a thing, like there's a frozen shoulder?

@chrisr5975 2 жыл бұрын

Hi can i ask what your opinion of resistant stretching aka dynamic contraction technique is?

@matthewarango5422 2 жыл бұрын

Minute 30 sec I’m still no info…

@suzanne1116 2 жыл бұрын

PAILS and RAILS.

@kateraizenberg3077 4 ай бұрын

Pilates!

@Gurman_Singh_Sidhu 5 ай бұрын

Bro took years to get to the point 💀

@aydakoprulu1404 2 жыл бұрын

🙏🙏🙏….

@craniumfirst 9 ай бұрын

9 mins just to say "build strength at length". Way to milk to milk the cow.

@buggsandtrane 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@Uprighthealth 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your support!

@lisaneustadt3630 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@Uprighthealth 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for supporting my channel!

@janetbayless7117 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@Uprighthealth 2 жыл бұрын

You bet!