Stretching Treatment

Stretching is a form of physical exercise in which a specific skeletal muscle is deliberately elongated

Average Result

3.7

98 Results

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Back Muscle Spasms
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Top Helpful Cases

Healed

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Hip Replacement

Twenty-five years of running and being pulled along by two large dogs wore away my left hip joint. Scoliosis didn't help. I toughed it out for years with physical therapy and yoga, and finally had to have my hip totally replaced. I wasn't happy, but I got a great result and I can hardly remember it isn't mine, except when ...

Healed

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Lift with the knees!

The physical therapist showed me exercises to do at home, which I did. This helped strengthen my back, which helped my pain go away.

Healed

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Weak in the Knees

I am 67 yeasr old and for over 15 years, I was a long distance runner (marathons and 10K races) and about 10 years ago converted to long distance bicycle riding. I had always prided myself on never having serious injuries, after putting so much stress on my legs. Then I started to notice that both of my knees would ...

Stretching Treatment is Used For These Conditions

Area	Condition	Average Result	Healed	Helped a Lot	Helped a Little	No Change	Made Worse
	All Conditions (average)	3.7 (98)	25	39	20	10	4
Arm	Compound Fracture	4.0 (1)		1
Arm	Numbness	3.0 (1)			1
Back General	Osteoarthritis - Degenerative Disc Disease	5.0 (1)	1
Back General	Muscle Spasm	4.0 (2)	1		1
Back General	Spina Biffida/ Scoliosis	3.5 (2)		1	1
Back Lower (Lumbar)	Pinched Nerve	5.0 (3)	3
Back Lower (Lumbar)	Muscle Strain	4.5 (4)	2	2
Back Lower (Lumbar)	Fracture	4.0 (1)		1
Back Lower (Lumbar)	Osteoarthritis - Degenerative Disc Disease	4.0 (3)		3
Back Lower (Lumbar)	Pain	3.9 (11)	4	4	2		1
Back Lower (Lumbar)	Herniated Disk	3.6 (5)		3	2
Back Lower (Lumbar)	Sciatica	2.8 (4)		1	1	2
Back Lower (Lumbar)	Sacroiliac Joint	2.5 (2)		1			1
Back Lower (Lumbar)	Scar Tissue	2.0 (1)				1
Back Lower (Lumbar)	Coccyx Area Pain	1.5 (2)				1	1
Back Mid (Thoracic)	Thoracic Outlet Syndrome	5.0 (1)	1
Back Mid (Thoracic)	Pain	4.0 (2)		2
Back Mid (Thoracic)	Muscle Strain	4.0 (1)		1
Back Mid (Thoracic)	Herniated Disk	3.0 (1)			1
Back Mid (Thoracic)	Scoliosis	3.0 (2)		1		1
Back Upper - Neck (Cervical)	Trapezius Spasm	5.0 (1)	1
Back Upper - Neck (Cervical)	Pinched Nerve	4.0 (1)		1
General	Cumulative Trauma Disorder (CTD)	4.0 (1)		1
General	Extremely Low or No Flexibility in Joints	3.0 (1)			1
General	Fibromyalgia	2.5 (2)			1	1
Head	Chronic Headache	3.0 (2)			2
Hip	Osteoarthritis	4.3 (3)	1	2
Hip	Pain	3.8 (4)	2		1	1
Hip	Bursitis	3.3 (3)		2		1
Internal	Hemophilia	5.0 (1)	1
Knee	Meniscus Knee Injury	5.0 (1)	1
Knee	Iliotibial band syndrome	5.0 (1)	1
Knee	Pain	4.4 (5)	2	3
Knee	Tendinitus	4.0 (2)		2
Knee	Medial Meniscus Tear	4.0 (1)		1
Knee	Osteoarthritis	3.5 (2)		1	1
Knee	Patello-Femoral Syndrome	3.5 (2)		1	1
Knee	Anterior Cruciate Ligament Damage (ACL)	2.0 (1)				1
Leg	Plantar Fasciitis	4.0 (3)	1	1	1
Leg	Hamstring Strain	3.0 (1)			1
Neurological	Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS)	4.5 (2)	1	1
Shoulder	Dislocation	5.0 (1)	1
Shoulder	Arthritis With Impingement	5.0 (1)	1
Shoulder	Bone Spurs	3.5 (2)		1	1
Shoulder	Pain	3.0 (3)		1	1	1
Shoulder	Tendinitis	1.0 (1)					1

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