I read this health article that found a correlation between women, migraines, and breast cancer. Evidently "research" indicates that women that get migraines are 30% less likely to develop breast cancer than those that are migraine free. I have to give the article some credit for answering a few of my initial "are you joking?!" reactions. I see a viscous cycle emerging from this article of women, not taking medication for their migraines because they think having one is a good thing and will save hem from breast cancer, when, in actuality, it may be the medication that is helping prevent breast cancer. Anyway, I think that sometimes, health ideas that emerge are a little on the funny side. http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=migraines-breast-cancer-estrogen
HOWEVER, please heed the conclusions from new research that tells you not to static stretch before you exercise, but that you should do dynamic warm-up movements before you exercise, and follow your workout with static holds. Stretching before shows no improvement of performance and will actually cause muscle tares and soreness. (This is a shout out to those tennis players and joggers that I have noticed doing toe touches and "v" stretches before their respective activities). I think of it like trying to bend a spaghetti noodle before it is cooked. If you try to bend and stretch a muscle before it's warmed up, you will cause small breaks.
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