Surf Tips

Post Surf Stretch

After a great session, feeling stoked but absolutely shattered, especially if winter is around the corner, you are not going to hang around freezing cold in the car park. Warmth, hot drinks and food is usual on the agenda. So get home asap, jump into a hot bath or shower and then stretch, stretch, stretch. This is an important time to release some of the imbalances from repetitive paddling movements, tight neck, shoulders, or constant hyperextension of the back from lying on your board. If you are short of time, then stretch muscles that you have primarily worked or may feel tight. Especially the Chest, Shoulders, Arms, Lower Back and Neck, Quads and Hip Flexors (front thigh), Hamstrings (back thigh),

Just a few sample stretches with the use of a Stability Ball

Inner Thigh	Side Stretch		Back of thigh (hamstring)	Front of Thigh (Hip Flexor / quad)	Side Stretch
Abdominals, mid back, chest	Back (lats) stretch		Chest, front of shoulders	Upper mid back (Rhomboids)	rotational twist

• Try and stretch for at least 15 mins each day
• Hold each stretch for up to 1 min (longer if necessary)
• Take each stretch to point of bind. Once eased then take back a little further
• Good breathing is necessary. Take stretch gently further on exhalation
• Never take a stretch to be painful
• Posture in still vitally important during all stretches. Keep posture aligned
• Try to specifically relax each muscle being stretched. Focus on that muscle

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