I'm a big fan of stretching and have been for quite a few years. When I began cycling, the repetitious nature of the exercise caused extra tightness in the legs and neck that was addressed with rolling, (a fit stick) and neck exercises that seem to have solved those issues. It is interesting that wile watching some videos of ballet training, which consists of dance practice and when not dancing, near continuous stretching. In one video, a dancer was on the floor with a roller working on muscles of the upper thigh. Ballet is so graceful we can forget that the people are superb athletes as well as artists. So Nomarsgirl, stretch away, you are in good company.