What stretching actually does to your body ft. Sofie Dossi

But focusing on flexibility without strength can result in injury! I am living proof with a pulled hamstring attachment this video is very dangerous. It encourages dangerous stretching and tendons and ligaments are NOT elastic, meaning once you stretch them, they cannot go back so I also have a pulled shoulder from a pole class so now I have to work very hard to keep it in the socket with muscle instead of tendons and ligaments so this is a daily practice to stay out of pain or worse, surgery. These injuries lead me to become a yoga instructor but that still does not address  hypermobility where I am injuring myself. Even my arms were in pain in downdog from this and until I found Anthony Bennenati @thatsnotyoga, no one could explain this and that's after years of searching and also physical therapy. Now after years I enjoy teaching but it is still really interesting that so many people do not address this and that's what lead me here. I want more information which this gave some of but to promote people over stretching is VERY dangerous! #1 rule is flexibility without strength can lead to injury. It is amazing to me to watch contortionists like this but they started very young while they were still growing so their bodies may have different collagen and after 12 years of dedicated yoga practice I am more mobile but before I found Anthony to explain the dangers of hyper extension, I was in pain in my arms and hips and even knees.