TY - JOUR T1 - Facilitated stretching. JF - British Journal of Sports Medicine JO - Br J Sports Med SP - 315 LP - 316 DO - 10.1136/bjsm.34.4.315-c VL - 34 IS - 4 AU - Ian Horsley Y1 - 2000/08/01 UR - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/34/4/315.4.abstract N2 - This is the second edition of a book previously published in 1996 which has been reorganised to make it easier to use and broaden the scope of stretches presented.Chapter 1 begins with the historical basis of PNF, discussing the work of Kabat and later Knott and Voss. It then goes on to explain the myotactic stretch reflex and the role of muscle spindles, together with the role of the Golgi tendon organ in the inverse stretch reflex (autogenic inhibition) and its function in Chaitow's muscle energy technique, where muscle elongation takes place during “post-isometric relaxation”.Chapter 2, “Stretching basics”, skims over the subject of whether it is necessary to stretch. Although it is … ER -