Stretching can be understood as a relaxing action with a longitudinal length. Stretching muscles with a length, massage is to relax muscles in various ways, such as flapping and kneading, which is a horizontal multi-dimensional deep relaxation action. Massage can relax muscles more comprehensively.

Stretching is a fitness method, including active stretching and passive stretching.

The so-called active stretching means that the action is mainly kept in a specific position by the strength of muscle contraction, rather than other external forces, so active stretching is also called static-active stretching.

The advantage of active stretching is that it can increase the flexibility of action and the strength of muscle contraction. When doing active stretching exercise, it should be noted that it is difficult to maintain the self of active stretching. Generally, the active stretching posture can be maintained for 10 second, and it doesn't take too long.

Passive stretching refers to using one's own weight or equipment to keep limbs in a certain stretching posture. Passive stretching is a kind of slow relaxation stretching, which can also be expected to reduce the excitability of nerves and muscles. This is a good way to relax after exercise.

Benefits:

The content of massage can be divided into medical massage, health massage and sports massage. What are the benefits of massage to the body: massage can relax the bones and muscles; Massage can relieve stress; Massage can relieve migraine and promote blood circulation; Massage can detoxify and so on.

Stretching: In just a few minutes every day, we can stretch our muscles and tendons, stretch our bones and blood vessels, eliminate the tension and soreness that plague our neck, shoulders, waist and other body parts, enhance our flexibility and lose weight.

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