I pulled my groin during practice because I did not stretch before practice. I thought about how it could have resulted in a worse injury such as a tear somewhere in my leg. According to Craig A. Smith, a researcher who conducted a report on stretching and the effects of injury due to the lack of it. Smith states "inadequate warm-up exercises have been shown to be associated with strains to muscles and tendons". After reading this article I saw how there are so many techniques to avoiding injury and pain. I know that athletes get surgery and then become addicted to opioids because of the painkillers they are prescribed after the surgery. The pain that I felt was only a 4. #bio #GEOG203

Source: The Warm-up Procedure: To Stretch or Not to Stretch. A Brief Review by Craig A. Smith

Link: https://www.jospt.org/doi/pdf/10.2519/jospt.1994.19.1.12