4 Tips To Fix TIGHT Hamstrings (Stop JUST Stretching!)
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- Опубліковано 26 лип 2024
- Can’t touch your toes?
Hamstrings always feel tight?
STRETCHING Alone isn’t the answer!
In this video I want to share why stretching your hamstrings more may actually be perpetuating the issues and what you should be doing instead.
Now I’m not saying stretching is bad, BUT just because a muscle feels tight doesn’t mean that stretching is the answer.
In the case of our hamstrings, we have to understand why they are tight to realize why stretching is often making matters worse.
Our hamstrings can often become tight because they are actually already OVERSTRETCHED or even compensating for weak or underactive glutes.
This often happens because our hip flexors become tight and overactive or even our ankle mobility is lacking.
This shortening of our hip flexors can lead to excessive anterior pelvic tilt or a change in our posture that can lead to our hamstrings becoming overstretched.
And with this change in our posture, often our glutes don’t function as they should.
So then when we stretch our hamstrings, we may get temporary relief but we aren’t actually addressing the problem.
So what should you do instead?
These 4 steps can help us improve our hamstring flexibility by actually addressing the true mobility and stability issues!
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My husband is on his feet all day and use to have bad leg and foot pain, but since I showed him the stretch where you sit on your heels (as well as other stretches) he’s been pain free since, now for 10 years. Now I’m the one who’s knees won’t bend anymore so your alternate is one I’m starting tomorrow! Thank you Cori!
Yay! Overdramatizations are back! Love that walk 😂
Great reinforcement! I watched your over stretched hamstrings video a few years ago. At the time, I was attempting a yoga splits challenge to stretch what I thought were tight hamstrings…Nope! Thanks to to you, I realized I had weak glutes and inflexible hips and used your recommendations. Within a few months, I was able to do the front splits and a few months later, the middle splits. I should mention I’m in my 50s 👍
I needed this video!! Thank you!!
Could you do a livestream soon?? I love your energy. Helps with the mood.
This was very helpful.
Good advice 👍🏽
I often feel my hamstrings tighten when i'm working out. This video ia so helpful. Thanks! ❤
Gracias Totales desde La Guaira, Venezuela! God Video and Super Tips! 😊
Thank you so much this really helped me a lot.
very usefull video!
As a yogi, I'd like to warn against stretching too much our hamstrings : it can lead to what's called the "yoga butt" , aka high hamstring tendinopathy. It happens mostly to people who have already flexible hamstrings and who don't feel the overstretch until...it's too late. I'm already doing the exercises you show in the video, but once the yoga butt is here, it's a real pain in the *** (no pun intended !) to get rid of it...😢
What does yoga butt look like
@@stephaddiction a numbing pain in your lower glute/high hamstring. The scientific name for yoga butt is : high hamstring tendinopathy
Thanks 4 the tips! 💕BTW! Your hair looks cute! 💕
Thanks! Glad they help!
Thank you
Great suggestion for someone who is in bad shape like me after sitting injured for 12 weeks😢 hard to find programs that take that in considering
I'm a runner and tennis player and have lost flexibility in my 30s and 40s and stretch regularly just to avoid flexibility loss in my 60s. These days, most of my stretching is done by yoga poses (which often also helps with balance). My bigger issue is the calves as they are just really big from my activities.
Literally doing bridges yesterday and fought off a hamstring cramp! Thank you 😎
Definitely check out these tips too - ua-cam.com/video/cvKZXsz-QIA/v-deo.html
Great video Cori! Really like the modifications. How often should you foam roll problem areas during the week? Thank you for your informative, practical and useful content!
So I include this 3-part prehab process as warm up before every workout to address what I need to mobilize for that training sessions. But I usually like to do a bonus 5 minute mobility routine daily to address areas at least 3-4 times a week if not daily (for issues I'm trying to get control of that I've let build up a bit).
@@redefiningstrengthOC I will do this. Thank you for your advice❤
Wow, great video! I had a severe tailbone fracture in freshman football, and couldn't touch within a foot of my toes from 1977 to 2008. I had a chiropractor adjust my tailbone three times in 2008, and have been able to touch my toes again since then, but my hamstrings were/are super tight as long as I can remember, which was a few months after the injury in track practice. One of the elder classmen sprinters couldn't understand why I was so far from being able to touch my toes. This entire time, I didn't know that weak glutes and/or inflexible hips were the reasons my hamstrings were so tight. I remember the three tailbone manipulations in 2008 all took only a few minutes, but I was in intense pain the entire time, it seemed more like hours.
Flexibility, mobility and stability really all work together!
@@redefiningstrengthOC Yes, I'm beginning to understand those things now. I have a hunch that my posture changed in a negative way after that severe tailbone fracture in early Sept. 1977. I had no idea my posture changed in that football injury, but do remember getting pneumonia several times in the ensuing two years.
Is any program with special attention to stretch before and after WORK OUTS ...?
GREAT AUDIOVISUAL WORK ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Gotta question for a future video - what is your recovery day routine look like?
So the annoying answer is...It depends on my progression. It ranges for including isometrics to light aerobic base cardio to just foam rolling, stretching and activation!
Can you do a video on the pes anserine bursa tendons.
Thank you so much! My hammies have ALWAYS been tight (I sit a lot for work and school). I am doing this today to help. I will try to do it every day.
I also noticed that most of these moves are in yoga routines... my problem is that I have a belly (hooray hormones! and Covid didn't help). I have difficulty bringing my knees up and even holding my thighs. Any advice?
Dietary changes sound like they may be a key component as well. With hormonal changes, we do need to adjust how we're fueling and training. Here's more if those hormonal changes are from menopause too - redefiningstrength.com/4-tips-for-avoiding-the-dreaded-menopausal-weight-gain/
Does massage help?
ALWAYS cramping in hankies n even calves n feet. I take a great electrolyte n started drinking more water so I don’t think I’m dehydrated. Probably just old n tight muscles everywhere 😖Will definitely b trying the ball technique cuz when I foam roll my hamstrings I don’t feel any relief. Thanks again for another “full of information” video 🤯🙌🏼
I'd also make sure you're addressing your hip flexors and making sure your hamstrings aren't compensating for your glutes in moves. But the ball definitely allows us to dig in more than the roller.
@@redefiningstrengthOC I’ve been foam rolling hip flexors, if I’m doing it right, n inner thighs too. Those r tight too 🥺
6:04 so pretty.
Hi Cori. On 4 full body’s per week. Is one day of rest sufficient for recovery?
It depends on so many factors from length to intensity to type of workout!
@@redefiningstrengthOC I see. Thank you.
Gracias, since i run too much , i lost my movility and flexibility
That warm up routine prior with that 3-part prehab process is a great way to get started! Here are some more key moves for runners - ua-cam.com/video/QGEexDjtdSY/v-deo.html
Can i know how old you please?
Thank you