Does stretching increase the risk of injury?

Too much stretching before physical exertion increases the risk of joint injury. At the stretching, sensory receptors in muscles and tendons are confused by the new static caused by the lengthening of the muscle. Their ability to return the right information to the brain and spinal cord, to preserve the muscle is diminished . For example, a risk of ankle injury is increased if the muscles were stretched as the muscle already stretched too slowly send the message to the nervous system to prevent a false move.

Therefore the joint injuries are more common after a session of stretching, because the alarm system of the body has become confused, continued to stretch.