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Originally Posted by remek  Interesting. Perhaps stretching/hanging causes SM hypertrophy (to some degree, as the tunica will take the blunt of the stress) and uli, clamping, etc causes SM hyperplasia. Or perhaps girth exercises also causes SM hypertrophy, as they are stretching the tunica outward. What do you think about all this, Iguana? |
Very possible! Note that both hyperplasia and hypertrophy were included as a growth response to stretching. It looks like mechanical stretch induces the cells to grow and increase in number. This could explain why hangers report an increase in base girth? It would be interesting to know if both happen simultaneously, or one precedes the other.