Stretching, or in Russian extension, can be useful not only to athletes, but also ordinary people, besides, even to children and elderly people. Occupations stretching improve blood circulation, increase elasticity of muscles, help at arthrosis, improve the bearing.
Children's stretching
It is possible to be engaged in stretching since four years, children at this age already quite understand those tasks which the coach gives them. Classes for children are given usually in playful way, children with pleasure represent various animals or even fantastic heroes. Children's stretching helps to straighten and improve the bearing, imparts feeling of grace, strengthens health, develops such qualities as confidence and endurance, children become more flexible and strong.
Adult stretching
First, helps to slow down processes of aging and to strengthen health, secondly, distracts from the collected problems, helps to have a rest physically and spiritually, thirdly, adjusts on the positive and lightens the mood.
Stretching for aged people
The extension is suitable also for elderly people. Exercises help to improve work of joints, reduce pains at arthroses, adjust work of nervous system, besides, occupations stretching can help with the high pressure.
Mark out the following principles of stretching:
- exercises have to take place in the quiet situation without weights and without additional pressure someone another;
- stretching shouldn't be painful, it is necessary to last so that to exclude any unpleasant feelings;
- when performing exercises, it isn't necessary to use the springing movements not to increase the range of fluctuation of the body;
- before occupations it is quite good to warm up a little though this rule and isn't obligatory;
- it is necessary to be engaged daily, then there will be the desirable result;
- it is worth to rememberit is worth to remember about breath, it has to be smooth and equal.
It is possible to be engaged in stretching both in the morning, and in the afternoon, and in the evening. In the morning of occupation will help to wake up, will fill with forces and good mood. In the afternoon stretching will help to relax, bring tired joints and muscles into the tone, to activate brain activity. In the evening of exercise will take off the collected fatigue, will prepare for healthy and sound sleep.
Thus, occupations stretching are suitable for all age, not expensive on time and forces, help to get healthier to the organism and to improve health in general.