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Reducing risk of injury due to exercise

BMJ 2002; 325 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.325.7362.451 (Published 31 August 2002) Cite this as: BMJ 2002;325:451

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What is evidence?

Sir,

Maybe clinical research evidence is showing what the article states.
Nevertheless, in the mainstream of a move towards more evidence-based
medicine, things could be seen otherwise.

Mine as well as others' day-to-day experience (and evidence) is that
stretching does work -e.g. in golf. Authors can insert in their articles a
lot of beautiful graphics. Life is nevertheless more evident than graphics
and laboratories. Despite lab evidence, coffee helps me a lot in sleeping
well, for instance.

But we ought in the future, perhaps, believe what we read - not what
we experience ourselves.

Best regards

Re: Music to my ears

I thought we were speaking the same language. There is a confusion : Warm-up vs. stretching! (Very) different things, though. Please, be more accurate in responding, even if it is a matter of "rapid" responses.

Again, stretching pays. (Perhaps some authority could give to all of us a good definition of both
terms...)

But we ought in the future, perhaps, believe what we read - not what
we experience ourselves.

Competing interests: No competing interests

06 September 2002
Antonio Lopez-Peña
R. Dominicana
Santo Domingo 1234