DYNAMIC STRETCHING
History
Ancient Greeks used stretching in gymnastic
training that included health maintenance,
athletics and military physical training
(Tierney,2004).
 Stretching in the context of manual
therapy can be traced back to
Hippocrates and Galen, chief
physician to the gladiators in
Pergamum from A.D.157 and
therefore probably the original
sports therapist (Tierney,2004)
What is Dynamic Stretching?
A dynamic stretch is a type of functionally
based stretching exercise that uses sport-
generic and sport-specific movements to
prepare body for activity (Haff &
Triplett,2016)
 It is sometimes referred to as
mobility drills and it places and
emphasis on the movements
requirements of the sport rather
than on individual muscles (Haff &
Triplett,2016)
 In dynamic stretching, the muscle is
activated through the range of
motion (Haff & Triplett,2016).
Advantages
1.) It promotes dynamic flexibility and
to replicate the movement patterns
and range of motion required for
sport activities (Haff &
Triplett,2016).
2.) It provides opportunity to combine
movements (e.g,lunge for 15 m)
(Haff & Tripplet,2016).
3.) It improves power and agility as
proven in the study of Hatler et. al.
in the year 2006.
 30 cadets at the USA Military
Academy performed dynamic
stretch, static stretch and no
warm up for 3 days.
Afterwards, they performed
the T-Shuttle run, ball throw
from distance and 5-step
jump. Analysis revealed
better performances with
Dynamic Stretching.
4.) It helps in preventing injuries
(Prentice & Shellock,2012).
5.) It increases vertical performance as
proven in the study of Hough et.al.
in the year 2009.
 11 men performed no
stretching, static stretching
and dynamic stretching.
Measurements of vertical
jump height were recorded
and it indicated that it was
significantly greater with
dynamic stretching.