When a person does an intense stretching program and gets sore from it, are you supposed to stretch the next day when you are sore. I have heard some success stories about martial artists and when they started training they were too tight and could not stretch. It would go on to say that they were in pain for the first year or so but once they recovered, their legs were very flexible.
Also, I know that when a person lifts weights and becomes sore they are not supposed to lift the same muscle the next day to allow for muscle recooperation/repair. Does this same rule apply to stretching?

Shaolin36