Tameko enjoys playing on her school's volleyball team. She enjoys the physical activity and is proud of earning a place on the team, but this year, her friends have started making fun of all the school teams and clubs. They aren't making fun of her directly, but the friends have suggested that they don't think it is cool to play sports or have so much school spirit. Tameko is starting to feel pressured to quit the team. What should she do?
A. Quit the team; image is important and playing volleyball is not worth the risk of losing friends
B. Tell her friends how much she likes being on the team; if they don't respect that, find some friends who do
C. Join a traveling volleyball team and don't tell her friends about it; what they don't know, they can't laugh at
D. Explain to her friends why they should love volleyball, and avoid ever hanging out with them again the answer is B
By taking their pump as many times a day as prescribed of take it when needed.
Static stretch
Explanation:
Static stretching exercises are done by elongating the target muscles as tolerated and then holding the stretch in that position for a stipulating length of time. This holding time period is usually determined by the individual’s age, activity level, any other previous illness or injuries etc.
The holding time usually is around 10-15 seconds is especially done to:
- Reduce risk of injury, muscle stiffness
- Increase mobility, flexibility, range of motion
- Relieve back or joint pains.
The main physiology in stretch reflex:
The stretch reflex is a myotatic reflex which is triggered by the action potentials of la afferent fibers. This causes the excited motor neurons to contract the stretched muscle which in turn reduces the potential.
The holding in static stretching is to make the elongation of the muscles a habitual length for the muscle spindle fibers and mark it is a new length.
The signals are reduced and the receptors are trained to allow more muscle fiber lengthening. The greatest increase in length or increase in range of motion occurs when the stretch is held for about 10-30 seconds with 2-4 repetitions.
