This worked perfectly!! For years, I could NOT do more than 1 to 2 sets of lying hamstring curls due to severe spasm in the beginning of set 3. No matter how much I stretched and got enough potassium and magnesium, NOTHING worked. The coach I had did NOT know how to help me. Other youtube videos didnt help. I did this and the the first day I noticed a big improvment. A few weeks later, I can touch my toes with straight legs and can do as many sets as I want with NO cramping or spasms. Thanks Doc, this saved me..big time..this was absolutely huge!
Wow! This is absolutely amazing, I have struggled for years with Hamstring tightness, after doing these stretches I feel amazing, no pain and able to walk and move with great comfort. Thank you so much for this.
You actually saved me. I have been strugling with my left hamstring and the pain shoots up to my glutes. Also lowerback is really tight. I went to work today and almost called sick but your video popped up and I also had this ball with me. About 5mins of sitting and moving the ball under my leg the pain had now reduced about 90%. I will continue to do this at least every other day. Im really thankfull for your help buddy
You are amazing. I’ve tried others but your method works. The ball under the hamstrings, sitting at the edge of the seat and doing the strengthening exercises really took away the pain for me just after one try. OMG!! Bro you now have a follower all the way from Jamaica 🇯🇲.
These videos are better than others. Straightforward and actually accurate and helpful. You all don't rely on flash and eye-candy, like the other crappy videos that didn't help me with hamstring pain.
I've been having pain in my back left leg and I kid u not after doing the towel stretch I'm all better. So freaking crazy..Thank u soooo much for making this video
WOW, GREAT!! AMAZING!!! THANK YOU SIR!! I JUST. FOUND YOU CHANNEL about 10 MINUTE AGO!! I AM SO THANKFUL!! I HAVE BEEN IN EXTREMELY PAIN ALL DAY!! TAKING MEDS TO GET SOME RELIEF. IJUST WANTED TO SCREAM AND CRY , I AM IN SO MUCH PAIN!! I AM TRYING YOUR EXERCISES AS I TYPE THIS MESSAGE! AT LAST SOMETHING THAT I.CAN DO TO RELIEF SOME OF THIS AWFUL PAIN!!! TO DAY IS 12/22/ 21!!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO!! A SENIOR FROM GEORGIA!!
i'm 20 years old and i had a surgery on both my knees and couldn't afford for a treatment when i try to stretch my hamstrings cuz i focus on them so much i couldn't pass my knees now after i saw this video i tried your ways and i can touch my toes thank you so much
@@nathandeunk3533 Yes. he has been doing a lot of work. Now at college as a RB on full scholarship. Has been eating like 5 times a day working out a lot and gone from 175 to 204. They are working on his Hamstrings and hip flexors and glutes a lot from what I understand.
This is awesome. I have been dealing with plantar fasciitis and need to take care of my legs from top to bottom. I recently quit my job because it entailed being on my feet on a hard floor all day & I could feel my hamstrings every time I picked something up. I can’t wait to start these stretches.
Thank you for this comprehensive method for toning the hamstrings with massage, stretching and strengthening! I do a few of these things already, and your suggestions will make my workout much more effective. Much appreciated!
I was always able to bend over and touch the past my toes. Over the last couple months my flexibility has gotten bad and I wake up with pain in my hamstrings and hips. I just found this video and did just a couple sets of each. What a difference it made! I can touch my toes again!
Oh my goodness! Do you have any idea how long I’ve dealt with the tightest hamstring in my left leg and I’ve felt like a broken human being? This exercise literally made it go away within seconds. Thank you, so so so much!!
Oh my god. The first exercise took me out. I haven’t even seen the rest of the video yet. That move went straight to problematic area with my own pressure. And when I lifted my leg I thought I was dead for a moment. But indeed I’m alive. Thank you so much!!!!!
Thank you! Great information and production quality. It’s wonderful when you have good audio plus speaking slowly and clearly. I’m working on tight hips, weak glutes from sitting. Plus, I get severe right leg cramps getting out of bed in the morning. Taking magnesium and drinking more water.
So how long till I heal if I do these exercises ...i have a swallown hamstring.i feel it when I bend my knee...felt better when I did those exercises yesterday
Every condition is different. Main thing is to keep at them if you're seeing improvement, even if it's slow (it will add up). Thanks for watching.@@SelektaBrasccello002
I was working out my lower body when five minutes in, my back hamstrings felt soo tight I had to stop before I hurt myself. Your video helped so much. Thank you!
Well...i can touch my toes for the first time in my life just because of that towel one alone. I remember in high school spending 6 months doing hamstring stretches and I still couldn't touch them. Thank you so much!!!
Thank you so much! I have relief for my super tight hamstrings after just one session. 😊👌I've been using some of your other videos as well to stretch and strengthen tight and weak muscles in my pelvic region because I do a lot of driving and sitting for my job. I didn't realize how weak my muscles had become until I tried to do the exercises "5-10 reps"! OK, I can barely do 3 to start with.... 😅 I'm super grateful for all your videos that explain and demonstrate, plus the fact that it actually works when I do them! 😏💪
I’m gonna try it. I’m a former pro basketball player and now that I’m not playing my hamstrings are super tight which I believe is causing back tightness as well. Thank you
I've been suffering from knee pain for over a year now. I suspect it's the tight hamstring tendons pulling on my knee and irritating them, so I'll give these tips a go and update later. Thanks!
These helpful tips look fantastic. I have MS and do realise that I do sit a lot. This seems to tighten my hamstrings. I do bridges but in pilates so can't wait to try your exercises! Thanks Dr Rowe. Elaine
Thank you very much for this video I’ve had pain for about 2 months now and after I saw this video I could finally touch my toes again after 2 months of trying
Had a horrible painful hamstring. Tried all sorts of stretching and light muscle work. The only thing that provided me any sort of relief was finding a knot with a ball. Thank you!
Hi, thanks for your great tips here. My hamstring was tightening up on me last week while running. I have been doing the ball massage and stretches you suggested here over the last week and half and got a 4 mile run on today with no issues. Thanks again for sharing your wisdom!
Holy hell my hamstrings feels so good after doing this for a few minutes! I feel ready to get back into squatting and deadlifting heavy and better yet, I don’t have to worry about pain or straining it as often! Thank you so much!
Your videos are amazing. Ive been struggling with tight hips and shoulders for years and have literally seen dozens of physios. Doing your shoulder video has helped progress my shoulders unlike any other physio. The stretching/dynamic movements are excellently thought out and get results very quickly. Ive started experimenting with your hip related videos for my hip pain and discovered this one and the tight glute video are helping to relieve my psoas pain. I was wondering the frequency of these exercises? Can I do the hip one and glute one together? Can I do them twice a day, once a day or just every other day? Thanks very much for your amazingly well thought out videos.
Thank you for this great set of procedures. I'll give it a good try for a month, think I should improve noticeably .. I hope.. looks logical and workable.
This is exactly what I am looking for--a hamstring massage, stretch, and exercise combo because sometimes I get confused if the moves in the stretch video are compatible with the moves in another exercise video. Thanks, doc.
@@DrRowe And Woah, doc, I am going to Indiana for grad degree next month. I looked it up, it's like 40 minutes away from you, I will see you in August or September!
Thank you for this Doctor. I've had a hamstring issue for almost 6 weeks, seems to be getting much better in last week or so and this void has helped work on strengthening them.
Thankyou for these exercises. I've suffered from tight hamstrings for as long as I can remember. I can even cramp up just lifting my heel up to my knee
A good way to make sure you pivot from the hips in a forward bend is to extend your arms up (biceps near ears) while bending forward, then relax and reach for the ground after you get stuck
2:19 I've found that this stretch - which has been life-changing, by the way! - is even more effective when I pull the bent leg not just behind, but to the side - abducted away from the body at about 45 degrees. I think it is because it causes my standing foot to pronate, turn inwards, which stretches the hamstrings differently and more closely to the position the foot is in when I'm running, which is what causes the tightness in the first place. Thanks again, Doctor!
I love your videos. You get right to the point and I don't have to listen to you say things that only take up time. I save many of your videos to a playlist.
Tight hamstrings from sitting too much are causing lots of knee pain. I've been lying on the bed, stretching glutes & then pulling my leg up to get a good hamstring stretch. It helps my knee so much... Gonna try the racquetball next, cuz I need to go a little deeper. Can't really do the others now til my knees heal. +I'm 69 lol. Thank you so much!
Wow! I've had a tight hamstring for over 4 years, ever since my acl operation, and this has helped so much already! It may take a few sessions to get the complete knot out, and a bit of patience to let it release for a day or two between each session, so I'll let you know how it goes. Thank you so much, though.
Placing the ball on my hamstring while sitting and making that movement you recommended changed everything for me. I’m really good at being consistent with my stretching my I always realized my left hamstring melts getting tight again. This is only my second day doing this and I feel WAY better already!!! Thank you so much!!
Thank you thank you thank you! I can't belive the difference I felt in today's run. No.matter hom much I tried stretching my hammies....hammer.... did much like these! I love this. ❤️
I always have back and leg pain. L3. L4. and L5 is finished. but I keep myself up with your beautiful and useful videos👏👏👏👏🙏🙏🌺🌹🥰🥰🥰🥰and I thank you very, very much 🤗😀🥰🥰🥰👏👏👍🙏🙏🙏🙏
Thanks again, I just started back into working full time at a home office setting and sitting for hrs on end has been making full 20 yrs older then I am. Like the stretches and some strengthening with it.
The old towel thing worked so great for me. I'm usually flexible but have been struggling with my hamstrings and have been feeling very stiff lately due to having to run a lot. This along with the knee stretches are making me feel like myself again.
How often should these be done? Should the strengthening movements be performed first or the stretches? Would these provide long term results or temporary (minutes) results? Thank you for the content 🙏
Great video. Very informational. One thing I would like to point out/add on, and hopefully the good doctor will throw some input on this as well, but stretching the hip flexors and glutes will also provide help for this relief. The body is constantly trying to balance itself. If your hamstrings are tight, it may be because it is balancing itself against other muscle groups that are of equal tightness. The 2 muscle groups that I have found to be the biggest contributors to this are the hip flexors and glutes. So you may find immediate relief from simply stretching these areas. In fact, I would recommend attempting to stretch these areas first, as your hamstrings may already be overly tight. Hope this information is valuable. Good luck to all 👍
Wow, first day on the tennis ball and my hamstrings feel much looser already!! I’m optimistic that this will help with my knee pain that I think is radiating from my hamstring.
Just want to throw this out there in case someone experiencing similar to me. I had lower back pain. Sometimes it went away and I felt glute pain. Other times it was hamstring pain. I tried all these (they seemed to work for a few months) and eventually my symptoms got worse. Saw 2 orthopaedic doctors at the university hospital and they misdiagnosed me and gave me injections to wrong place. Saw a local chiropractor and was misdiagnosed. Saw PT and same thing. Just thought I had to live with it. I finally couldn’t take the pain any more and had to get answers. Went to the only chiropractor open on a Saturday. In 2 minutes he said it was 100% a hernia. Got an mri that week and confirmed 2 disc herniations. Finally worked towards the right fix after over a year of pain. Now almost 2 years and getting surgery next week. The injections helped but it always comes back. Please if you have pain that persists and even switches from back to glutes etc, get more opinions. It could be a chronic herniated disc, not just tight muscles.
Thank you I just found this video, I have suffer with tie hamstrings all my life, be inflexible is painful. I will let you know how it goes thank you again
I love your channel!!! You are actually trying to help . You are a Saint. Your videos are not comercials like so many on UA-cam. Thank you for your giving . Do you think a.bad mattress with a dip in the middle will be causing lower back and but pain? Probably obvious. Thank you so much Doc. You're so cool and tremendously helpful. Cheers!👊💪
Dan, I bit the bullet and bought a mattress that absolutely helps me with my back pain. It was $3000, so I really hoped it would work. It's a Tempur-pedic ProAdapt Firm. I have been a high-end picture framer since I was 15; I am now 53. All I do all day is stand and bend over, so I have the same issue that bakers get. I'm not a mattress saleswoman. I hope it's ok that I gave you the name. Good luck to you!
@@Hey___you Thank you very much my friend.. We get to that point of desperation. Probably stupid to even question it. I know that investing in a Quality mattress is investing in our health and wellness. I will be heading out tomorrow to look for such a mattress. Start the New Year with this good decision. Be well, sage and happy. Cheers!🙏
A bad mattress will definitely cause issues due to poor back support (leading to bad sleeping posture). Might be time to address that. Thanks for watching and Happy New Year!
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Too good so simple yet very effective.... Can you pls share a video for neck twitches and muscle strengthening exercises
How about tight wrist and hand muscles I play guitar a lot and getting old? Thanks.
@@shreedharbs2438 Check this out for the neck: ua-cam.com/video/dq4XDpC2jsA/v-deo.html
@@thomas672 check this out for the wrist: ua-cam.com/video/y_r632Nvv1o/v-deo.html
Thank you very much for your videos.. could you please do a video on the flat back syndrome/ posterior pelvic tilt?
This worked perfectly!! For years, I could NOT do more than 1 to 2 sets of lying hamstring curls due to severe spasm in the beginning of set 3. No matter how much I stretched and got enough potassium and magnesium, NOTHING worked. The coach I had did NOT know how to help me. Other youtube videos didnt help. I did this and the the first day I noticed a big improvment. A few weeks later, I can touch my toes with straight legs and can do as many sets as I want with NO cramping or spasms. Thanks Doc, this saved me..big time..this was absolutely huge!
Great to hear the exercises are helping, and thanks so much for watching!
Wow! This is absolutely amazing, I have struggled for years with Hamstring tightness, after doing these stretches I feel amazing, no pain and able to walk and move with great comfort. Thank you so much for this.
Glad you're getting relief, and thanks for watching!
You actually saved me. I have been strugling with my left hamstring and the pain shoots up to my glutes. Also lowerback is really tight. I went to work today and almost called sick but your video popped up and I also had this ball with me. About 5mins of sitting and moving the ball under my leg the pain had now reduced about 90%. I will continue to do this at least every other day. Im really thankfull for your help buddy
Glad you’re getting a lot of relief, and thanks for watching!
YOUR MY FAVORITE EXERCISE GUY! The best explainer and demonstrator.
Your thigh squeezing stretch worked like magic. This is the first time I effortlessly touched the floor in that posture.
That's GREAT to hear it helped with hamstring flexibility. Thanks for watching!
@@DrRowe me too... almost hurt myself getting out of the flex to run and subscribe.
You are amazing. I’ve tried others but your method works. The ball under the hamstrings, sitting at the edge of the seat and doing the strengthening exercises really took away the pain for me just after one try. OMG!! Bro you now have a follower all the way from Jamaica 🇯🇲.
Glad it helped! Thanks for the sub too.
Fabulous exercises, great relief and superbly clear explanations. Thank you for all your videos. This is a true public service!
Happy to help, and I hope the exercises help for a long time to come too!
Quick tip: had this issue for years, and for some reason I had to take some Magnesium for a week and it fixed it for good...
Thanks for the tip, and for watching!
Ditto
Could this possibly fix lower back pain? Had it for about 6 years now. Thanks in advance
Magnesium deficiency can cause muscle spasms, so I imagine if you're only slightly deficient it may just cause tightness
@@xinsanedefeatx great. I will try it. thanks
These videos are better than others. Straightforward and actually accurate and helpful.
You all don't rely on flash and eye-candy, like the other crappy videos that didn't help me with hamstring pain.
I've been having pain in my back left leg and I kid u not after doing the towel stretch I'm all better. So freaking crazy..Thank u soooo much for making this video
Great to hear you’re getting relief, and thanks for watching!
WOW, GREAT!!
AMAZING!!!
THANK YOU SIR!! I JUST. FOUND YOU CHANNEL about 10 MINUTE AGO!! I AM SO THANKFUL!! I HAVE BEEN IN EXTREMELY PAIN ALL DAY!!
TAKING MEDS TO GET SOME RELIEF.
IJUST WANTED TO SCREAM AND CRY , I AM IN SO MUCH PAIN!!
I AM TRYING YOUR EXERCISES AS I TYPE THIS MESSAGE!
AT LAST SOMETHING THAT I.CAN DO TO RELIEF SOME OF THIS AWFUL PAIN!!!
TO DAY IS 12/22/ 21!!!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS
VIDEO!!
A SENIOR FROM GEORGIA!!
Thanks so much for watching!
I've been on and off with a hamstring injury from soccer, and these stretches have worked so well to release the muscle tysm
Massage:
0:50 - Seated self-massage with lacrosse ball
Stretch:
2:20 - Standing quad, hip flexor, and hamstring stretch with foldable chair
3:46 - Standing towel stretch
5:41 - Seated crawl forward down leg
Strengthen:
7:16 - Hamstring bridge
8:29 - Laying on ground feet against wall lifts
Thanks, I didn't realize this video lacked chapters.
i'm 20 years old and i had a surgery on both my knees and couldn't afford for a treatment
when i try to stretch my hamstrings cuz i focus on them so much i couldn't pass my knees
now after i saw this video i tried your ways and i can touch my toes
thank you so much
Great to hear it's helping to improve hamstring movement. Keep at them!
My son is a running back and track sprinter, long jumper. His hamstrings have been tight. Gonna try this. Thanks
Hope the exercises help, please give us an update soon!
Howd it go
Did it work?
@@nathandeunk3533 Yes. he has been doing a lot of work. Now at college as a RB on full scholarship. Has been eating like 5 times a day working out a lot and gone from 175 to 204. They are working on his Hamstrings and hip flexors and glutes a lot from what I understand.
@@shawnwright240 what school
This is amazing! I have been suffering with my right hamstring for over six months until I watched this video. Thanks so much it really helped me
Great to hear the exercises are helping, and thanks so much for watching!
You are so better than my physical therapist! You saved my life! 🙏
Glad you found the channel, and thanks for watching!
massaging alone has helped so much. i felt my whole back relax. such a great feeling. thank you for sharing this!
Happy to hear the exercises are helping, and thanks so much for watching!
This is awesome. I have been dealing with plantar fasciitis and need to take care of my legs from top to bottom. I recently quit my job because it entailed being on my feet on a hard floor all day & I could feel my hamstrings every time I picked something up. I can’t wait to start these stretches.
Hope the exercises help, and check out: ua-cam.com/video/vgr3KLk5iyk/v-deo.html
Thank you for this comprehensive method for toning the hamstrings with massage, stretching and strengthening! I do a few of these things already, and your suggestions will make my workout much more effective. Much appreciated!
Happy to help, hope these hamstring exercises make a difference.
Wonderful..the massage with the ball worked wonders..thanks
Glad it helped!
I was always able to bend over and touch the past my toes. Over the last couple months my flexibility has gotten bad and I wake up with pain in my hamstrings and hips. I just found this video and did just a couple sets of each. What a difference it made! I can touch my toes again!
Great the exercises are helping you, and thanks for watching!
the hamstring is a MAJOR issue for me. Thank you!!! the chair + golf ball stretch helped me tremendously ! ( Newest Subscriber)
Thanks so much for the sub, we really appreciate it!
Fantastic video...I drive for a living and I've had bad hamstrings that trigger of my lower back...this video definitely helps..
Great to hear! Thanks so much for watching too!
Excellent indeed! nobody had ever taught me exercises as efficient as yours!!! I'll soon recover, I can tell. Thank you
Glad you found the video, and thanks for watching!
“Keep back straight”
*arches straight to heck*
Oh my goodness! Do you have any idea how long I’ve dealt with the tightest hamstring in my left leg and I’ve felt like a broken human being? This exercise literally made it go away within seconds. Thank you, so so so much!!
Great to hear you’re getting quick relief, and thanks for watching!
If you have hurt ur hamstring, is it going to help ?
Thanks for taking the time to post this. Both hamstrings are killing me right now. Hopefully I will get some relief with your method.
Hope the exercises help, and please give us an update soon
Excellent exercises and presentation.
Thanks so much for watching!
Oh my god. The first exercise took me out. I haven’t even seen the rest of the video yet. That move went straight to problematic area with my own pressure. And when I lifted my leg I thought I was dead for a moment. But indeed I’m alive. Thank you so much!!!!!
Glad you're getting relief, and thanks for watching!
Thank you! Great information and production quality. It’s wonderful when you have good audio plus speaking slowly and clearly. I’m working on tight hips, weak glutes from sitting. Plus, I get severe right leg cramps getting out of bed in the morning. Taking magnesium and drinking more water.
Thanks for the kind words, and I hope these exercises make a big difference.
Thanx a lot Doctor,your videos have helped me in exercising,cured knee pain,leg pain due to running...thAnx
Always grateful
That’s great to hear, and I hope the exercises help you for a long time to come!
I have super tight hamstrings. When I try to touch my toes I'm like a foot away from my toes. I'm excited to watch this video!
Hope the exercises help, and please give us an update soon.
It's been 6months having hamstring injury ,I felt better when I did your exercises .I hope now I will recover....thanks a lot ..
Great to hear you’re getting relief, and thanks for watching!
So how long till I heal if I do these exercises ...i have a swallown hamstring.i feel it when I bend my knee...felt better when I did those exercises yesterday
Every condition is different. Main thing is to keep at them if you're seeing improvement, even if it's slow (it will add up). Thanks for watching.@@SelektaBrasccello002
I was working out my lower body when five minutes in, my back hamstrings felt soo tight I had to stop before I hurt myself. Your video helped so much. Thank you!
Glad to hear it helped, and thanks for watching!
Well...i can touch my toes for the first time in my life just because of that towel one alone. I remember in high school spending 6 months doing hamstring stretches and I still couldn't touch them. Thank you so much!!!
Thank you so much! I have relief for my super tight hamstrings after just one session. 😊👌I've been using some of your other videos as well to stretch and strengthen tight and weak muscles in my pelvic region because I do a lot of driving and sitting for my job. I didn't realize how weak my muscles had become until I tried to do the exercises "5-10 reps"! OK, I can barely do 3 to start with.... 😅 I'm super grateful for all your videos that explain and demonstrate, plus the fact that it actually works when I do them! 😏💪
I’m gonna try it. I’m a former pro basketball player and now that I’m not playing my hamstrings are super tight which I believe is causing back tightness as well. Thank you
Hope the exercises help, and please give us an update soon.
I've been suffering from knee pain for over a year now. I suspect it's the tight hamstring tendons pulling on my knee and irritating them, so I'll give these tips a go and update later. Thanks!
Hope the exercises help, and please update us soon.
These helpful tips look fantastic. I have MS and do realise that I do sit a lot. This seems to tighten my hamstrings. I do bridges but in pilates so can't wait to try your exercises! Thanks Dr Rowe. Elaine
Hope the exercises help, and please give us an update soon!
Thank you very much for this video I’ve had pain for about 2 months now and after I saw this video I could finally touch my toes again after 2 months of trying
Glad the exercises are helping you!
Had a horrible painful hamstring. Tried all sorts of stretching and light muscle work. The only thing that provided me any sort of relief was finding a knot with a ball. Thank you!
Glad to hear you're getting relief, and thanks for watching!
Hi, thanks for your great tips here. My hamstring was tightening up on me last week while running. I have been doing the ball massage and stretches you suggested here over the last week and half and got a 4 mile run on today with no issues. Thanks again for sharing your wisdom!
Glad the exercises are helping you, and thanks for watching!
Thank you, I have been doing this for a week and I can already touch my toes!!
This was something I'd never done before :)
Wonderful to hear that, and keep up with the exercises!
Holy hell my hamstrings feels so good after doing this for a few minutes! I feel ready to get back into squatting and deadlifting heavy and better yet, I don’t have to worry about pain or straining it as often! Thank you so much!
Hope the exercises help you for along time to come, and thanks for watching!
Your videos are amazing. Ive been struggling with tight hips and shoulders for years and have literally seen dozens of physios. Doing your shoulder video has helped progress my shoulders unlike any other physio. The stretching/dynamic movements are excellently thought out and get results very quickly. Ive started experimenting with your hip related videos for my hip pain and discovered this one and the tight glute video are helping to relieve my psoas pain. I was wondering the frequency of these exercises? Can I do the hip one and glute one together? Can I do them twice a day, once a day or just every other day? Thanks very much for your amazingly well thought out videos.
Thank you for this great set of procedures. I'll give it a good try for a month, think I should improve noticeably .. I hope.. looks logical and workable.
This is exactly what I am looking for--a hamstring massage, stretch, and exercise combo because sometimes I get confused if the moves in the stretch video are compatible with the moves in another exercise video. Thanks, doc.
Hope the exercises help for a long time to come, and thanks for watching!
@@DrRowe And Woah, doc, I am going to Indiana for grad degree next month. I looked it up, it's like 40 minutes away from you, I will see you in August or September!
Thank you so much for this wisdom. It was much needed. My hamstring feels so much better now!
Happy to help, and thanks for watching!
Thank you for this Doctor. I've had a hamstring issue for almost 6 weeks, seems to be getting much better in last week or so and this void has helped work on strengthening them.
Glad the hamstring exercises are helping, and thanks for watching!
Really look good,I have a really painful hamstring,that is stopping me living my normal life,will do these exercises everyday, thank you so much,
Thankyou for these exercises. I've suffered from tight hamstrings for as long as I can remember. I can even cramp up just lifting my heel up to my knee
Thank you so much for watching!
A good way to make sure you pivot from the hips in a forward bend is to extend your arms up (biceps near ears) while bending forward, then relax and reach for the ground after you get stuck
2:19 I've found that this stretch - which has been life-changing, by the way! - is even more effective when I pull the bent leg not just behind, but to the side - abducted away from the body at about 45 degrees. I think it is because it causes my standing foot to pronate, turn inwards, which stretches the hamstrings differently and more closely to the position the foot is in when I'm running, which is what causes the tightness in the first place. Thanks again, Doctor!
Thanks again for watching!
@@DrRowe My pleasure! I also get tight calves from running - have you done, or thought about doing, a video on how to relieve calf tightness?
@@phoenixinthetrees1446 check out: ua-cam.com/video/3pdTNpm4On0/v-deo.html
Always incredible info and my favorite part was Dr Rowe saying “ratty old bath towels” 😁
Yeah, same. He sure was feisty 3 years ago 😂
Gonna be giving these a good go , should help lot's.
Thanks Doc.
Hope it helps, and thanks for watching!
I love your videos. You get right to the point and I don't have to listen to you say things that only take up time. I save many of your videos to a playlist.
Thank you, and thanks for watching!
I can't wait to try these! My tight hamstrings cause me a lot of other problems. Thanks for all your great content.
Hope they help, let us know how it goes. Thanks for watching too!
Thank you!!! These are great exercises and this video is terrific! I do the exercises in your other videos and they’ve really helped me!
Hope the exercises continue to help you for a long time to come!
I definitely can say this is a very extremely helpful. Many thx to you
Thanks for watching!
Tight hamstrings from sitting too much are causing lots of knee pain. I've been lying on the bed, stretching glutes & then pulling my leg up to get a good hamstring stretch.
It helps my knee so much... Gonna try the racquetball next, cuz I need to go a little deeper. Can't really do the others now til my knees heal. +I'm 69 lol.
Thank you so much!
Thanks for watching!
Excellent video and EXACTLY the way it should be done! Massage is one that isn't focused on o much but so obvious!
Thanks so much for watching!
Wow! I've had a tight hamstring for over 4 years, ever since my acl operation, and this has helped so much already! It may take a few sessions to get the complete knot out, and a bit of patience to let it release for a day or two between each session, so I'll let you know how it goes. Thank you so much, though.
Please do!
Placing the ball on my hamstring while sitting and making that movement you recommended changed everything for me. I’m really good at being consistent with my stretching my I always realized my left hamstring melts getting tight again.
This is only my second day doing this and I feel WAY better already!!!
Thank you so much!!
That's wonderful to hear, the muscle knot exercise works well for me too. Thanks for watching!
I play golf, and my hamstrings tighten up during the round. This is helping me big time! Thank you so much!
Great to hear! Thanks so much for watching too.
Just sit down on the green and massage your hamstring with the ball, lol
Your hamstrings tighten up when you play golf...? How interesting
Thank you thank you thank you! I can't belive the difference I felt in today's run. No.matter hom much I tried stretching my hammies....hammer.... did much like these! I love this. ❤️
Glad the exercises are helping you, and thanks for watching!
I always have back and leg pain. L3. L4. and L5 is finished. but I keep myself up with your beautiful and useful videos👏👏👏👏🙏🙏🌺🌹🥰🥰🥰🥰and I thank you very, very much 🤗😀🥰🥰🥰👏👏👍🙏🙏🙏🙏
Hope the exercises help for a long time to come, and thanks so much for watching!
Omg!! Step 1 did it for me!! Amazing video!!
Glad it helped!
The towl stretch is literally life changing thing! Thanks a lot! 💥🍀
Hope the exercises help for a long time to come, and thanks so much for watching!
I was just starting with calisthenics but I've never worked my lower body so it's stiff these excercises helped me touch my toes great start 👍
Glad the exercises are helping you, and thanks for watching!
Thank you so much Dr. Really helped a lot to me from India.
Thanks for watching!
Man! The legs stretches thank you sooo much. I literally couldn't sleep.
Glad the exercises are helping, and thanks for watching!
Thanks again, I just started back into working full time at a home office setting and sitting for hrs on end has been making full 20 yrs older then I am.
Like the stretches and some strengthening with it.
Hope they make a difference, give us an update soon!
Holly cow that towel between the knees excercise is amazing thanks
It’s a great stretch, and thanks for watching!
still working on my Piriformis and Hamstring, a very good deep muscle stretches, may take sometime though !
Awesome demonstration to fix a tight hamstring for good!
Happy to help, and thanks for watching!
Thank God for UA-cam and this man too✊
Thanks so much for watching!
Wonderful very effective without any equipment.
Thanks so much for watching!
Dr Rowe is the best 💥💥💥
Thanks for watching!
The old towel thing worked so great for me. I'm usually flexible but have been struggling with my hamstrings and have been feeling very stiff lately due to having to run a lot. This along with the knee stretches are making me feel like myself again.
Great to hear! Thanks for watching!
Omggg same
How often should these be done? Should the strengthening movements be performed first or the stretches? Would these provide long term results or temporary (minutes) results?
Thank you for the content 🙏
These can be done as daily mobility exercises if they're helping. Doesn't matter the order, focus most on strengthening exercises. Hope this helps!
Thank you
Liked your exercise
Helped my hamstring spasm .
Which were no relieved even with medication
GREAT to hear, and thanks for watching!
Great video. Very informational.
One thing I would like to point out/add on, and hopefully the good doctor will throw some input on this as well, but stretching the hip flexors and glutes will also provide help for this relief.
The body is constantly trying to balance itself. If your hamstrings are tight, it may be because it is balancing itself against other muscle groups that are of equal tightness. The 2 muscle groups that I have found to be the biggest contributors to this are the hip flexors and glutes.
So you may find immediate relief from simply stretching these areas. In fact, I would recommend attempting to stretch these areas first, as your hamstrings may already be overly tight.
Hope this information is valuable.
Good luck to all 👍
Thanks for the good tips, and for watching!
Wow, first day on the tennis ball and my hamstrings feel much looser already!! I’m optimistic that this will help with my knee pain that I think is radiating from my hamstring.
Great to hear the exercises are helping!
I have been trying the exercises, and what difference they have made on my thight hamstrings, thanks!!!!
The tennis ball one really help me thank you.
Glad to hear the exercise helped, and thanks so much for watching!
Thank you so much for doing these videos. You know your stuff...Amazing!
Thanks Doc, for the stretches and strengthening, should they all be done at the same time or should you have stretch days and strengthen days? Thanks!
Either will work. I tend to do both in the same workout.
Just want to throw this out there in case someone experiencing similar to me. I had lower back pain. Sometimes it went away and I felt glute pain. Other times it was hamstring pain. I tried all these (they seemed to work for a few months) and eventually my symptoms got worse. Saw 2 orthopaedic doctors at the university hospital and they misdiagnosed me and gave me injections to wrong place. Saw a local chiropractor and was misdiagnosed. Saw PT and same thing. Just thought I had to live with it. I finally couldn’t take the pain any more and had to get answers. Went to the only chiropractor open on a Saturday. In 2 minutes he said it was 100% a hernia. Got an mri that week and confirmed 2 disc herniations. Finally worked towards the right fix after over a year of pain. Now almost 2 years and getting surgery next week. The injections helped but it always comes back. Please if you have pain that persists and even switches from back to glutes etc, get more opinions. It could be a chronic herniated disc, not just tight muscles.
Hello sir,
Another great video by you, thanks for sharing
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Thanks again for watching!
Thank you I just found this video, I have suffer with tie hamstrings all my life, be inflexible is painful. I will let you know how it goes thank you again
Hope the hamstring exercises make a big difference, give us an update in the near future!
How's it going??? Hamstring better better
@@kasimhussain93 - Good Day yes I am much better Thank You
Exactly what I need! Thanks!!!
Hope it helps, and thanks for watching!
Thanks. I’m going to try these!
Hope the exercises help!
Thank you for the towel stretch. Awsome
Thanks so much for watching!
Very helpful! Do you have a video showing the proper ways to relieve rotator cuff or tendonitis of the elbow?
Check out: ua-cam.com/video/ZyQlvr5Fnao/v-deo.html (rotator cuff) and ua-cam.com/video/WCvIAlokUNY/v-deo.html (elbow pain) Thanks for watching!
Thank you again. Very helpful
I love your channel!!! You are actually trying to help . You are a Saint. Your videos are not comercials like so many on UA-cam. Thank you for your giving . Do you think a.bad mattress with a dip in the middle will be causing lower back and but pain? Probably obvious. Thank you so much Doc. You're so cool and tremendously helpful. Cheers!👊💪
Dan, I bit the bullet and bought a mattress that absolutely helps me with my back pain. It was $3000, so I really hoped it would work. It's a Tempur-pedic ProAdapt Firm. I have been a high-end picture framer since I was 15; I am now 53. All I do all day is stand and bend over, so I have the same issue that bakers get. I'm not a mattress saleswoman. I hope it's ok that I gave you the name. Good luck to you!
@@Hey___you Thank you very much my friend.. We get to that point of desperation. Probably stupid to even question it. I know that investing in a Quality mattress is investing in our health and wellness. I will be heading out tomorrow to look for such a mattress. Start the New Year with this good decision. Be well, sage and happy. Cheers!🙏
A bad mattress will definitely cause issues due to poor back support (leading to bad sleeping posture). Might be time to address that. Thanks for watching and Happy New Year!
@@DrRowe Heading out tomorrow for a lovely new mattress.. Can't wait. Thanks my friend!👍
Thank you! This gives me so much relief
Glad it helped and thanks for watching!
Thanks for the stretches! How long will it take for cure in case of hamstring tightness.
Thank you for all your videos... They are very helpful!
Happy to help, and thanks for watching!