#muscle-activation

#muscle-activation

Woodpeckers tense their entire bodies and exhale with each explosive strike, coordinating all muscles to peck and withstand forces over thirty times their body weight.

Active, muscle-engaging approaches improve flexibility and stability more safely than excessive passive stretching, which can disengage neuromuscular control and increase injury risk.

Passive stretching and common yoga poses like Child's Pose can weaken neuromuscular function and increase instability, raising injury risk.