How 12 Weeks of Stretching Can Improve Your Heart Health

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ISLAMABAD, July 11 (online): They note that this kind of stretching can improve a person’s heart health.

Passive stretching is a stretch where an external force provides the stretch. This can be through a stretching partner, stretching accessories, or gravity.

The researchers enlisted 39 healthy men and women and split them into two groups. Just 12 weeks of passive stretching can help the vascular system and improve blood flow, according to a new study.

Researchers have  found that those who engaged in passive stretching had increased blood flow in their arteries and a decrease in artery stiffness.

“Blood pressure was decreased, central and peripheral arterial stiffness was reduced, and vascular function was increased after 12 weeks of passive stretching training.

One group was instructed to do leg stretches five times a week for 12 weeks, and the other group didn’t do any stretching.

Those who stretched saw an improvement to their vascular system. The researchers say this could have implications for diseases that involve changes to blood flow, such as heart attack and stroke.

“In this Italian study, there was a significant improvement in flow-mediated dilation, which can be thought of as the ability of an artery to dilate in response to an increase in blood flow.

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