Intense stretching everyday during LL....how is it even possible?

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Asking this because currently if I do intense stretching (hamstrings and sciatic nerve) I get inflammation and actually become less flexible the next day.  I dont get how you can hit it hard every single day.  Do you have rest days at all?  Or is the whole process basically just never giving it a rest and tearing fiber?  I do notice if I take advil that things calm down.  So maybe the anti-inflammatory meds are the key.

I guess Im asking if you can ever afford to take a day off or 2 and let things calm down or if you really need to stretch every single day like clockwork.

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I guess this is why people like the sauana and hot showers.....to loosen things up and allow you to keep going.  Stretching this morning and things do loosen up after a while for me I suppose.

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lol, my comment wasnt saying ive done it, I was saying intense regular stretching already causes a lot of inflammation and inflexibility/stiffness, so I cant imagine what LL does on top of that.  But honestly after stretching more today I can tell it just takes a long time and hence 4 hours per day.  1 hour of that is prob just warming things up.

Appreciate the input.  I guess ill just see how it goes when it happens.

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Quote from: Taller90 on December 14, 2022, 06:17:08 PMFully agree! Honestly, if you bow before surgery are worrying about the amount of stretching than pls dont do the surgery. You need to be fully disciplined for this otherwise you Will get crazy due to the complications, like wide legs, duck ass, lower back pain etc, which come along LL.

Dr. Betz told me in advance: this will not be any funny adventure, holiday or so, it is a bundge of hard disciplined work for months not only weeks… he was totally right

I get it.  Im working hard on stretching even before the surgery (but currently every other day to allow to heal which might need to change)....thats why Im getting inflammation.  Just was curious if your body fights you after intense stretching.  I can touch my mid shins right now which is probably not ideal considering people go into this being able to touch their toes, so this is my biggest concern that im trying to resolve.

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Its pretty standard.  People say 4 hours, 5 hours, whatever.  The take away is you're stretching like the whole day every day.  Ive been stretching all day today.  Stretch, take a 5 min break and look at the laptop, go stretch more, repeat.  I dont think it means you hold a position for literally 4 hours.

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Bro going from 5'7+ to 5'9+ is a game changer, it has to be.  I know because I put lifts in and walked around to feel how it would be.  Night and day for me and cured my height issue.  Theres a chance ill go for 6CM, well see.  But right now the plan is 5.  If I go to 6CM Ill be nearly 5'10.  Not ruling this out.

Really appreciate all your input though its very useful including on the stretching.  And yeah Ive heart flexibility beforehand doesnt matter, but I cant help wanting to be prepared just in case.  I want to be more flexible anyway.

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Quote from: tallerwouldbenice on December 21, 2022, 09:51:43 PM5cm is a game changer imo

stretching before helped me. i was the most flexible patient of my batch and didn't have to stretch as much as the others and could easily keep my legs straight

Definitely is.  I can do the 90 degree leg test right now.  So I can put my legs on a wall and have it completely vertical with my butt against the wall.  But I cant touch my toes.  Dont know where that puts me in terms of flexibility.