Stretching is like a recovery day. Finite pain that pays off.

I know a lot of people are not even going to listen to this episode because I'm talking about stretching.

Many runners seem to recoil from the topic of stretching.

But if you get injured and you go to a physical therapist, you can take it to the bank that they are going to give you some stretching exercises to do. 

Why?  

Because stretching helps when you have tissue that is predisposed to injury because it's too tight. 

When you have that issue, you need to stretch that tissue.

Today on the Doc On The Run Podcast, we're talking about how stretching is like a rest day, finite pain that pays off.