concept:proprioceptive_neuromuscular_facilitation_stretching
Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Stretching
Also: PNF Stretching, Kabat Method
A technique for increasing flexibility which combines passive stretching and isometric stretching at intervals.
Originally developed by neurophysiologist Dr. Herman Kabat & Physical Therapist Margaret Knott in the 1940s for rehabilitation, similar techniques can be applied while training muscles for contortion.
Definition based on the Contortion Glossary by Greg Ullman and Tige Young
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