STRETCHING: Not Always the Best, or First, Answer I have taken this approach for many years, begun in large part due to my personal history with stretching/injuries. This week I took a class that involved a lot of stretching through the pelvic/low back area, and an old injury of mine was reactivated. As I worked/explored to figure out what had happened, how/why, and what I needed to do to resolve the problem, I was again reminded that stretching may not always be the best,