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🗓️ 22 May 2019
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Robyn Capobianco, PhD, is back on the podcast this week to talk about the findings of two related studies she and her team conducted about the science of flexibility. The big takeaway from both studies is the same: Doing self-massage with Yoga Tune Up Balls before stretching increases flexibility and creates less of a temporary strength deficit. Translation: On those days when you just want to lie on the floor and roll, DO IT. Is it good for you? Yes! Is it good for your yoga practice? Yes! Is it a good thing to do as you age? Definitely! There is so much good news in this episode and Robyn breaks it all down for you.
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0:00.0 | Hey everyone I'm Andrea Ferretti and this is episode 150 of Yoga Land. |
0:08.4 | Today my guest is Robin Koppo Bianco. You may remember Robin she's been on the show before on episode 88 and |
0:15.4 | episode 98 talking about neuromechanics and yoga that's kind of her specialty. She has her PhD from the |
0:24.2 | neurophysiology of movement laboratory at the University of Colorado |
0:27.6 | Boulder and her research focuses on the |
0:30.3 | neuromechanics of flexibility, sensory contributions to movement, and how pain alters |
0:36.0 | movement patterns. And of course she's also a yoga teacher and a yoga therapist. So today we talk about two |
0:42.1 | studies that Robin has published. The most recent was |
0:45.2 | published in the Journal of Sport Sciences just a few months ago and the |
0:49.6 | studies are related to each other. So to give you a bit of background the first studies published |
0:53.9 | title is manipulation of sensory input can improve stretching outcomes. The purpose of |
0:59.2 | the study was to compare how modulating sensory input either via self-massage with yoga tuna balls or with a |
1:06.8 | feedback system called TENS transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation. |
1:12.6 | If you've done PT, you might be familiar with tens. |
1:16.2 | And Robin explains it at the top of the episode |
1:19.2 | much better than I could, so I'm just going to leave it at that. |
1:21.6 | But to compare how self-massage or tens |
1:26.1 | would affect range of motion in the ankle joint |
1:28.8 | when stretching the calf muscles. |
1:30.5 | So they had 20 people do three sessions of stretching. |
1:33.0 | In the first session, they measured range of motion with stretching alone. |
1:38.0 | In the second session, they measured range of motion while tens was applied. |
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