But the Question Is, Does it Work?
Stretching is critical for the health of an individual, helping maintain flexibility and mobility well into old age. But in the case of this doctor, his suggestion of how to encourage flexibility is really darn weird. You’ll get a pretty tiny stretch on your hamstrings if all you’re doing is standing on a book.
The cherry on top here has to be the mental image of him demonstrating it to her, as there’s something funny about imagining a serious professional man in a lab coat putting his heel on a book and insisting it will help.