Stretching Before Running Doesn't Help

This article talks about how it doesn't matter whether you stretch or not before running. A study in San Diego concludes that injuries during running are more likely depending on the amount of miles run, the heavier and older the runner, recent injury, and switching pre-run stretching routines. Dr. Pereles did a study on almost 3000 people and he split them into two groups, those who stretched before running and those who didn't. He also took a handful of people from each group and made them change their routines to the opposite. They were monitored for three months and the first two groups had the same results. The third group on the other hand had the highest percentage of injuries. In conclusion, it doesn't matter whether you stretch or not before running, but you should change up your routine.

I personally like to stretch a little bit before running and because I'm a teenager I'm probably less prone to injury than older people, but that doesn't mean that I think everyone should stretch. As it said in the article, you should change up your routine because it will make you more prone to injury. The reasons that I like to stretch before running are that I feel more loose and ready to go after stretching and it's what I was taught to do. Even though I prefer to stretch before running, I know that it doesn't really make a difference. For example, I play basketball this term and nobody on my team stretches and non of us get injured very often. This is why I think that it doesn't matter what your pre-run warm up is as long as your happy with it.