# Stretching and recovery/injury risk reduction

**URL:** <https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/stretching-and-recovery-injury-risk-reduction/4847>\
**Category:** Pain & Rehab Forum \[Moderated\]\
**Created:** [February 4, 2019, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/stretching-and-recovery-injury-risk-reduction/4847 "2019-02-04T19:05:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Apilarski0811](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/apilarski0811/32/456_2.png) [@Apilarski0811](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Apilarski0811)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/stretching-and-recovery-injury-risk-reduction/4847/1 "2019-02-04T19:05:57Z")

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Hello, I do not stretch.  
I used to static stretch all the time and had hip pain and knee pain and don’t know why…maybe too much IT band stretching. Now I do not stretch and have 0 pain or issues in the gym. I do my warm up/working sets and then go right home. No foam rolling or anything.

There are some people at my gym who are very adamant that I stretch for injury reduction/recovery purposes and I have heard through barbell medicine that stretching, static or dynamic, does not improve recovery or reduce injury. I have been looking on google scholar for a while to find information to support this theory but have failed.

Are there a few current studies/ meta-analysis you could link me to in order to have concrete facts to back up this statement? I just wouldn’t feel right standing by not stretching if I don’t know why I am doing it. Thank you.

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**Author:** ![Dave\_Hahn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/dave_hahn/32/4981_2.png) [@Dave\_Hahn](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Dave_Hahn)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/stretching-and-recovery-injury-risk-reduction/4847/2 "2019-02-04T19:18:06Z")

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I hear you, but I’m not sure you need to justify what you do to everyone that doesn’t do it.

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**Author:** ![Austin\_Baraki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/austin_baraki/32/1095_2.png) [@Austin\_Baraki](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Austin_Baraki)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/stretching-and-recovery-injury-risk-reduction/4847/3 "2019-02-04T22:39:12Z")

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[https://www.barbellmedicine.com/mobility-explained/](https://www.barbellmedicine.com/mobility-explained/)

But I agree with Dave, that you don’t need to justify anything to these people at your gym, no matter how “adamant” they are about your training.

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**Author:** ![Apilarski0811](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/apilarski0811/32/456_2.png) [@Apilarski0811](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Apilarski0811)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 2:53am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/stretching-and-recovery-injury-risk-reduction/4847/4 "2019-02-05T02:53:31Z")

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Thanks for the link…I agree too I just wanted a better understanding of why i am not stretching from a scientific standpoint.

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**Author:** ![Derek\_Miles](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/derek_miles/32/611_2.png) [@Derek\_Miles](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Derek_Miles)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/stretching-and-recovery-injury-risk-reduction/4847/5 "2019-02-08T18:12:39Z")

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The two articles I tend to reference most are:

​​​​​​[The effectiveness of exercise interventions to prevent sports injuries: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials - PubMed](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24100287)

​​​​​​[Increasing Muscle Extensibility: A Matter of Increasing Length or Modifying Sensation? | Physical Therapy | Oxford Academic](https://academic.oup.com/ptj/article/90/3/438/2737895)