In this video, I explain the two reasons why static stretching isn’t effective for releasing muscle tension and relieving pain: Because static stretching activates your stretch reflex (myotatic reflex), and because it doesn’t change the learned messages that your nervous system is sending to your muscles to stay tight.
You can learn more in these two blog posts: What is the Stretch Reflex? and ¿Por qué no funciona el estiramiento?.
Lectura recomendada:
The Pain Relief Secret: How to Retrain Your Nervous System, Heal Your Body, and Overcome Chronic Pain por Sarah Warren, CSE
Somatics: Reawakening the Mind’s Control of Movement, Flexibility and Health by Thomas Hanna