The thing is, a myotatic reflex can prevent a really good stretch from taking place. This reflex usually kicks in right at the end point of one's range of motion.

Therefore, A.I. practitioners stretch to their natural range of motion, before the myotatic reflex kicks in, then return to the start position and repeat 10 times.

Doing this triggers the inverse myotatic reflex, ... This is when the reflex is triggered and there is a “6- to 10-second window of opportunity for a beyond ‘normal’ stretch,” Black says.

Stretch Reflex (a.k.a. Monosynaptic Reflex or Myotatic Reflex)Stretch reflex is a neuromuscular reflex in which an increase in muscle length activates receptors known as muscle spindles, which ...

LONDON. Royal Society, January 15.—Sir Charles Sherrington and E. G. T. Liddell: Further observations on myo-tatic reflexes. The myotatic reflex of the knee-extensor obtains after pre-collicular ...

When you stretch a muscle, the myotatic reflex, or stretch reflex, kicks in, per Science Direct. The muscles involuntarily contract, aka they shake. It's not the first time Chrissy has experienced ...

WITHIN the past decade, the use of electronic methods has laid bare much of the mechanism underlying the myotatic, or stretch, reflex of mammalian striated muscle. Outstanding among these advances ...