The belief that resistance training reduces flexibility has been contradicted by meta-analytic evidence. A systematic review with meta-analysis found resistance training induces improvements in range of motion comparable in many cases to stretching interventions, provided full range of movement is used under load.
Posture-directed exercise programs have separately been shown to reduce musculoskeletal pain, which is directly relevant to occupations that impose sustained asymmetric or forward-flexed postures.
For dentists, surgeons, and other precision professionals, this combination — restoring range while strengthening the postural chain — is the practical rationale for training the cervical extensors, upper back, and scapular stabilizers under controlled load rather than relying on stretching alone.
Range of motion work performed under machine-guided resistance also avoids the ballistic end-range loading that raises injury risk in patients with existing joint symptoms.
Pooled evidence showing resistance training improves range of motion, with effects in many comparisons similar to stretching. Directly contradicts the belief that strength training reduces flexibility.
Intervention study showing a structured posture-correction exercise program reduced musculoskeletal pain, with the largest changes in the neck, shoulder, and low back regions associated with sustained forward-flexed working postures.
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