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I'm just wondering if the stretches that work best as partner stretches are stretches that primarily work on the fascia. In some cases it seems to me that muscle (and its reflexes) are the limitation, in other cases more the fascia. Working out which of course is difficult, and it may well vary from individual to individual. However where the critical tightness crosses multiple muscles, or does not correspond to the lines of muscles, and/or where long held stretches seem most effective, I wonder whether fascia is the primary limitation (group 1). Where the tightness corresponds to the line of a muscle, and where the CR method works well, I wonder if muscle is the primary limitation (group 2). There is of course no proof that these conjectures are true. In my experience, stretches in the first group can be more effectively helped by partner stretches. I find that partner stretches do not particularly help those in the second group. Does anyone else have views on this? I could post some examples of stretches in the two groups, and will later if requested, but have to go and stretch now!

I was looking for a video showing the Stretching and Flexibility Partner hip flexor Exercise 39 on p.113-4. I cannot find one. In one of the other videos I found it said that this stretch had been replaced by the version with the stretchees body leaning forward (e.g. 04 Stretching Limbering_ E2 Partner Floor Hip Flexor-HD in the Mastery Series). While I like the original partner version (and so do my students) it does have the disadvantage that if there is insufficient control or strength in the abdominal core the back becomes crunched. Is this why it has been discontinued? I have tried searching the forum for the information but cannot find it. However it also seems that at the extreme of the stretch in 04 Stretching Limbering_ E2 Partner Floor Hip Flexor-HD, as at 7:52 into the video, some degree of core strength will be needed to protect the back because the hips are being forced down while the shoulders are being pressed back by the arms, so maybe the same problem recurs here anyway. Or is it reduced? As I explained earlier, for various reasons I am reluctant to sit on my students like this so it would be good to have a powerful stretch not needing this degree of physical contact. Many thanks, Jim.