The therapist performs a post isometric relaxation stretch on her client. She has her client contract against resistance for ________ seconds, and stretches the target muscle for ________ seconds. The stretch is repeated 2 more times and the final stretch time is ________.

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10, 5, increased. It takes 7 to 10 seconds for the golgi tendon organ to respond to an increase in tension with a relaxation reflex. After the reflex is initiated the muscle is stretched to the new resistance barrier and held to set new muscle memory. The final stretch time is increased to ensure a new muscle length memory is set.

The therapist performs a post isometric relaxation stretch on her client. She has her client contract against resistance for <code></code> seconds, and stretches the target muscle for <code></code> seconds. The stretch is repeated 2 more times and the final stretch time is <code></code>.

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