hamstring stretch
Thigh back loosener
A hamstring stretch is any movement that lengthens the muscles at the back of the thigh.
Common versions include touching your toes while standing or seated, or lying on your back and pulling one leg toward your chest.
I do hamstring stretches before every run.
The stretch helps maintain flexibility and can relieve lower back tension.
- flexibilityAbility to adapt easily
- legAmbulatory limb
- muscleContractile body tissue
- thighLeg between hip, knee
- yogaMind-body exercise discipline
warm-up · pull · tight · soreness · athlete · runner · bend · reach · loosen · limber · deep breath · injury · recovery · sports medicine · posterior · tendon · mat · breathe
- stretchesback extension, cat-cow, cat cow, child's pose, forward fold
- gentle exercisechair yoga, low-impact exercise, seated exercises, flexibility exercises, range of motion
- stretchingreaching, extending, unfurling, lengthening, spreading
- warm-upsjumping jacks, leg swings, arm circles, hip circles, arm swings