Stretch after release is lengthening the muscle right after a point quiets so the 📝taut band does not re-form.
In 📝Trigger Point Therapy the hold is only half the pass. Once the nodule has eased, the muscle is taken through a gentle range — not a yank, and not a stretch contest — so the new length is used. Skipping the stretch is how a quieted point returns on the walk to the car. This is not spray-and-stretch; this practice does not use vapocoolant.
Clients feel a easier range that was not there a minute before. Sharp or referring pain on the stretch means the point is not done, or the stretch is the wrong direction. The dose is a range they can breathe through, then a simple movement so the option sticks.