Is stretching supposed to hurt?

I do that too. I tell my mind that it's not that painful and it kinda reduces the pain. I believe the brain only categorizes deep stretching as pain to keep us from hurting ourselves.

that gave me a completely new perspective on stretching !
thanks guys !

You guys are just basically just saying to ignore the pain, that's dangerous it can rip off a part of you and might cause you not to move it anymore. And you guys are saying just keep stretching until your body gets used to being stretched. Bad advice

This is absolutely the dumbest video I ever came across about stretching

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I get your point ... but overall I think this is bad advice.

When I try to do a piriformis stretch, I can't get my foot on my knee without a lot of pain. The pain does not feel like stretching pain and when I am done it hurts all day. So I try to stretch a little by putting my foot on my shin to where pain starts and try to hold it there a while. When I release the stretch it is pretty much the same. Hurts all day. Not sure what to do.

Always great advice, personally I don't feel the need for anyone else's. Keep it up guys!

Can I go into easy stretching without first doing a warm up?

Ignoring pain is bad advice.

This is my favorite of your recent vids. It's very congruent to what I've gone through and continue to go through.

Thanks guys.