A natural law that describes how a muscle undergoes a relaxation response after having been contracted; also a term for a muscle energy technique in which a muscle is contracted, then relaxed to elicit a post-isometric relaxation response, which

enhances the subsequent stretch of that muscle.

Post-isometric relaxation (PIR) technique

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