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What is Stretching?

Stretching is a form of physical exercise in which a specific skeletal muscle is deliberately elongated to its fullest length in order to improve the muscle's felt elasticity and reaffirm comfortable muscle tone. The result is a feeling of increased muscle control, flexibility and range of motion.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Stiffness/Spasticity 130 17 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Stiffness 117 21 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
General health 68 13 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Fibromyalgia 56 10 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Pain 45 10 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Muscle spasms 24 5 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none

See all 512 patients currently doing Stretching

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 7
Mild
 21
None
 49

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Stretching

Muscle aches 16
Pain 9
Fatigue 8
can over due it! 2
Tiredness 2
Joints ache 1
See all 13 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Schedules

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently doing Stretching. See all 27 dosages ►

  daily 5minutes as needed as needed weekly all the time (24/7) m,w,f 10 min daily 15 min daily 30 min daily 45 min daily
  374 Number of Patients: 374 2 Number of Patients: 2 63 Number of Patients: 63 29 Number of Patients: 29 6 Number of Patients: 6 4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Doing Stretching (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 7   Other: 50%
I didn't have enough time 3   I didn't have enough time: 21%
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 14%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 7%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 7%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 7%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 7%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 7%

See all 14 patients who’ve stopped doing Stretching

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Doing Stretching

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Stopped Doing Stretching

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Stretching

Always
 22 28%
Usually
 33 42%
Sometimes
 21 27%
Never
 2 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Stretching

Very
 2 3%
Somewhat
 13 17%
A little
 30 38%
Not at all
 33 42%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Stretching

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 1 2%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 1 2%
< $25
 40 95%

Report created on May 28, 2012.