Meridian Stretching System

Meridian Flexibility System, developed by Bob Cooley, is an exercise and therapeutic tool that correlates specific muscle groups with specific organs, energy meridians, and psychological qualities. Meridian stretching increases flexibility which translates into increased biomechanical efficiency as well as increases power, speed and acceleration. As a therapeutic tool, it prevents future injury and alleviates present discomfort. This form of stretching is highly effective in pain assessment and management. Meridian Flexibility combines Eastern wisdom from Traditional Chinese Medicine and India’s Hatha Yoga with Western science's Kinesiology and Psychology to create a profound integrative healing system. The practice utilizes resistance stretching – initially assisted and eventually self-directed – and Yoga poses to activate certain muscle groups.

Meridian Stretching uses eccentric contractions to induce rapid and cumulative changes to muscle length. Increasing your flexibility helps extend your range of movements and can decrease your chances of injury as well as aid with pain assessment and management after an injury has occurred. In a simple example, if your hamstring muscles are too tight, your lumbar spine will be overstressed when you bend.

By improving your flexibility or range of the muscle, it is possible to return the body back to proper structural alignment so that it moves as it was designed to. The stretching allows the trainer to find the imbalances in the muscle systems. These imbalances and abnormal tension in specific muscles can then be correlated with organ/meridian/psychological function to improve, restore, and balance all aspects of one-self.

If you are looking for a positive natural change in the way you feel and perform, Wheel of Life LLC can assist you in your path to a healthy life!

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