Reciprocal Inhibition is an AMAZING tool to use during your massages. Here’s how it works: when one muscle (or muscle group) contracts, the antagonist muscle (or muscle group) has to turn off in order to allow movement. If the goal is to stretch, soften, and lengthen the quadriceps muscle group, we can activate the hamstrings (forcing the quads to turn off) and then move the quads into a stretch. This helps the quads relax and soften before we move them into a stretch. This principle can be appl