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Power = the amount of strength you can exert over a given range of motion divided by time.  Power = Force X Distance / Time, or more simply, Power  = Strength X Speed.  What this means is: if you can take the strength you already have and use it through a greater range of motion, this will allow you to achieve a greater power potential.
   
Active Isolated Stretching (AIS) is the gentle technique favored by top amateur and pro athletes that identifies, isolates, and actively stretches muscles and fascia at precise angles to:

  • Reduce Pain,
  • Release Muscles & Fascia,
  • Restore Flexibility & Posture,
  • Enhance Performance,
  • Stimulate Lymphatic Drainage, &
  • Facilitate Recovery.

  

Your athletic performance is a function of your skill level, your drive, and your power.  Active Isolated Stretching & Strengthening (AIS) can help you avoid injuries and develop greater power.
 
Your range of motion at a joint is determined by the joint's physiologic potential and by the tension from the muscles and fascia.  Injuries, adhesions, contractions, and lack of use can reduce the available range.  This leads to postural distortions which overwork some muscles while inhibiting others.  The greater the distortion, the greater the discomfort.  Regular stretching, done properly, can restore the full physiologic range of motion.
 
If you use your existing strength over a greater distance, i.e., range of motion, you increase your power. The Mattes Method of Active Isolated Stretching can help you do that.
 
If you increase the force, i.e., your strength, you increase your power.  The Mattes Method of Active Isolated Strengthening can increase your strength while addressing specific muscle imbalances.  This also will enable you to maintain your range of motion and posture.
 
Finally, since you develop greater muscle control by doing AIS and aren't fighting your own body, your movements also take less time, i.e., you're faster and more precise, delivering greater total power.  As an example, loosening tight gastrocs can help a football lineman come up out of his stance a half second faster, giving him a huge advantage.
 
AIS has been successfully used by the Chicago Cubs, Chicago Bulls, Baltimore Orioles, University of Michigan Women's Track & Field Team, etc.  "In a sport where races can be determined by hundreths of a second," AIS "helped me reach my maximum potential as an athlete." -Matt Cetlinski, Swimmer, 1998 Olympic Gold Medalist.