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I am finding stretching is helping my muscle / joint pain & aches. as well as some fatigue - what is the link to that? why does stretching help

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Dr. Thomas Namey answered

Specializes in Rheumatology

Stretching is : Stretching is exercise and warms you up! consider that your ligaments & tendons are 1 /10 saturated fat. Stretching warms up this fat by increasing blood flow. This liquefies fats. You move with less pain, & more important, less chance of injury!

Answered 12/9/2013

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