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Originally Posted by Jester
Ah, just for the record, your labrum is cartilage...and I'm of the belief that you can't really "stretch" cartilage. I'm sure some medical/science folk floating around could speak to this, but tearing your labrum isn't like tearing a muscle. This is much more about the wear and tear on the hip joint itself, and the pressure on the bone structure that you're applying (the purpose of the labrum is to keep the joint in place).
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You're right you can't appreciably stretch cartilage, it also doesn't heal itself, which is why you have to get surgery to get it repaired. The reason the cartilage becomes more susceptible to tearing is because when you have poor flexibility in your groin and psoas muscles the mechanics of the butterfly become even more destructive to the joint. You know how Emery looks friggin wonky and unorthodox?