Originally Posted by
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Of course not. That's the main thing to figure out. Mainstream science almost completely dismisses PE, so we're on our own in that regard. But we can put a few clues together and make sense of it.
1. Turtling is bad. I think almost everyone can agree on that. But why? Because collagen will deform just as much in response to compression as it will to tension. So if you spend an hour stretching, and you cause a turtling response that lasts for three hours, you have most likely wasted your time.
2. Collagen will return to its original dimensions as much as possible after the tension has ended. The tension makes it creep outward, and the internal action of the molecular triple helix makes it creep back inward. However:
3. It will seek equilibrium. It won't creep all the way back in because some of the fibers get damaged and therefore can't pull themselves back together as well.
So after the main bout of tension (manual stretching or heavy-ish traction), a lighter traction tension prevents it from doing 1 and 2 because you've given it a new equilibrium. And so it has no choice but to succumb to the new length by filling in with new collagen fibers.
How do we know this works? Because again, this combination is all over the top gainers list. Success leaves clues